Selfish gifts : Senegalese women's autobiographical discourses /

"Offering Senegalese women's autobiographical discourses as an original contribution to the critical debate about identity and self-representation, Lisa McNee asks how Senegalese women represent themselves, rather than asking who has the right to represent them. Selfish Gifts describes and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McNee, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Wolof literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Wolof literature > Senegal > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Senegal.
Autobiography in literature.
Littérature ouolof > Sénégal > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Sénégal.
Autobiographie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Autobiography in literature
Wolof literature
Women and literature
Senegal
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Autobiographical subjects
  • The gift of praise
  • Panegyrics
  • Genre and gender in the autobiographical exchange
  • The politics of praise
  • Aborted nations
  • Terms of exchange
  • Selfish gifts.

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