African women writing resistance : an anthology of contemporary voices /

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This work is a transnational anthology that focuses on women's strategies of resistance to the challenges they face in Africa today. The anthology brings together personal narratives, testimony, interviews, short stories, poetry, performance scripts, folktales, and lyrics. Thematically organize...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Browdy de Hernandez, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2010.
Colección:Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Temas:
2000-2099
African literature > Women authors > 21st century.
Women authors, African.
Women > Africa > 21st century > Social conditions > Sources.
Écrivaines africaines.
Femmes > Afrique > 21e siècle > Conditions sociales > Sources.
African literature > Women authors
Women authors, African
Women > Social conditions
Africa
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Engaging with tradition
  • pt. 2. Speaking out : young women on sexuality
  • pt. 3. Challenging the institution of marriage
  • pt. 4. Focusing on survival : women's health issues
  • pt. 5. Taking a stand : women as activists against war, environmental degradation, and social conflict
  • pt. 6. Writing from a different place : perspectives on exile and diaspora
  • pt. 7. Standing at the edge of time : African women's visions of the past, present, and future.

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