| Description |
ix, 278 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 88 |
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Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 88.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Twelve telling tales by African women / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi -- Pt. 1. Reconfiguration : rewriting the script -- Modernity, gender, and agency in Ama Ata Aidoo's 'Anowa' / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Charting the nation/charting history : the power of language in Assia Djebar's 'Fantasia: an Algerian cavalcade' / Nada Halloway -- Pt. 2. Waves of resistance : the casualties of difference -- Nawal El Saadawi's 'Woman at point zero' within the context of Arab feminist discourse / Amira Nowaira -- Nadine Gordimer's 'Burger's daughter' : consciousness, identity, and autonomy / Nobantu L. Rasebotsa -- Dreams of (dis)order : competing visions of colonial Nigeria in Buchi Emecheta's 'The joys of motherhood' / Tuzyline Jita Allan -- In the pauses of the historian's narrative : Yvonne Vera's 'Butterfly burning' / V.M. (Sisi) Maqagi -- Pt. 3. Regeneration : labor pains and tentative steps toward independence -- Mapping a female mind : Bessie Head's 'A question of power' and the unscrambling of Africa / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi -- A drama of power : Aminata Sow Fall's 'The beggars' strike' / Chioma Opara -- Aesthetics, ethics, desire, and necessity in Mariama Bā's 'So long a letter' / Modupe Olaogun -- Reading masculinities in a feminist text : Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'Nervous conditions' / Helen Nabasuta Mugambi -- Sindiwe Magona : writing, remembering, selfhood, and community in 'Living, loving, and lying awake at night' / M.J. Daymond -- Every choice is a renunciation : cultural landmarks in Ken Bugul's 'Riwan ou le chemin de sable' / Aissata Sidikou -- African women's writing, prospectively / Tuzyline Jita Allan. |
| Subject |
African fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Women in literature.
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Africa -- In literature.
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| Added Author |
Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo.
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Allan, Tuzyline Jita.
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| ISBN |
9780896802667 (pb : alk. paper) |
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0896802663 (pb : alk. paper) |
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