| The Politics of (M)Othering: Womanhood, Identity and Resistance in African Literature Contributor(s): Nnaemeka, Obioma (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041513790X ISBN-13: 9780415137904 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: Over the last decade, post-colonial studies have become a defining feature in critical thought, and Africa with its wealth of literatures continues to play a crucial role in shaping post-colonial discourse. The arrival of The Politics of (M)Othering signals an important widening of the debates in post-coloniality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 809.889 |
| LCCN: 96-20491 |
| Series: Opening Out: Feminism for Today |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.14" W x 9.16" (0.80 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection is a study of African literature framed by the central, and multi-faceted, idea of 'mother' - motherland, mothertongue, motherwit, motherhood, mothering - looking at the paradoxical location of (m)other as both central and marginal. Whilst the volume stands as a sustained feminist analysis, it engages feminist theory itself by showing how issues in feminism are, in African literature, recast in different and complex ways. |