Gender Issues in African Literature.

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Gender Issues in African Literature examines the ways in which some protagonists of African fictions are made to counter and challenge intertwined Western discourses on gender, employment, sexuality, and health. Here the conflict between Tradition and Modernity is argues from the favourite premise o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ce, Chin
Otros Autores: Smith, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Handel Books, 2014.
Temas:
Literature > History and criticism.
Littérature > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Gender Issues in African Literature examines the ways in which some protagonists of African fictions are made to counter and challenge intertwined Western discourses on gender, employment, sexuality, and health. Here the conflict between Tradition and Modernity is argues from the favourite premise of male supremacist ideology showing how women have ëunlearnedí these false concepts to build a sustained feminist movement and (re)learn the value of sisterhood. There is a bold attempt to reread Achebe as a consistent in urging women to fight the seemingly oppressive structures that have traditiona.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (202 pages)
ISBN:9789783603752
9783603752

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