| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 223 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; When a Man Loves a Woman; "It is Immoral for a Woman to Subjugate Herself. She should be Punished -- Women at War; '"I'm Not One of Them But I'm Not One of You"; Do Muslim Women Need Saving Again?; Conclusion; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This work examines the work of a group of African women writers who have emerged over the last forty years. While figures such as Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri and Wole Soyinka are likely to be the chief focus of discussions of African writing, female authors have been at the forefront of fictional interrogations of identity formation and history. In the work of authors such as Mariama Bâ (Senegal), Buchi Emecheta (Nigeria), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe), and Leila Aboulela (Sudan), there is a clear attempt to subvert the tradition of male writing where the female |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bâ, Mariama -- Criticism and interpretation
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Aboulela, Leila, 1964- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Emecheta, Buchi -- Criticism and interpretation
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Dangarembga, Tsitsi -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Aboulela, Leila, 1964- fast |
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- fast |
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Bâ, Mariama fast |
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Dangarembga, Tsitsi fast |
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Emecheta, Buchi fast |
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Englisch, ... gnd |
| Subject |
African fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Women and literature -- Africa
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Feminist fiction -- History and criticism
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Gender studies: women.
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Literature & literary studies.
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Cultural studies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Feminist fiction
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Women and literature
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Frauenliteratur
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Geschlechterrolle Motiv
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Africa
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Afrika
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443812771 |
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1443812773 |
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