Gender issues in African literature /

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
Otros Autores: Smith (Editor ), C. E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] : African Library of Critical Writing, 2014.
Temas:
African literature.
Slave trade in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Littérature africaine.
Esclaves > Commerce, dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
African literature
Slave trade in literature
Slavery in literature
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 (201 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789783603752
9783603752
9783708546
9789783708549

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