| Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa Contributor(s): Griswold, Wendy (Foreword by), Newell, Stephanie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1786990695 ISBN-13: 9781786990693 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 820.992 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - African - Ethnic Orientation - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How does our understanding of Africa shift when we begin from the perspective of women? What can the African perspective offer theories of culture and of gender difference? This work, as unique and insightful today as when it was first published, brings together a wide variety of African academics and other researchers to explore the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender. Beginning with a ground-breaking overview of African gender theory, the book goes on to analyse women's writing, uncovering the ways different writers have approached issues of female creativity and colonial history, as well as the ways in which they have subverted popular stereotypes around African women. The contributors also explore the related gender dynamics of mask performance and oral story-telling. This major analysis of gender in popular and postcolonial cultural production remains essential reading for students and academics in women's studies, cultural studies and literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newell, Stephanie: - Stephanie Newell is a professor of English at the Yale University. |