Gender Issues in African Literature

ISBN 10: 9783708546 / ISBN 13: 9789783708549

Published by African Books Collective Limited, 2014

pp. 200 402:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam. Seller Inventory # 131583330

Synopsis:

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 traditionally discriminated against them, and to disregard their diversity and embrace their unity. A chapter of Feminist Re-writing disagrees with the attempt to equate theory with political activism and presents Feminist literature as more than a verbal assertion that points to Feminist aesthetics and politics. The use of the trauma theory and testimony literature to explore traumatisation of female characters and its impact for Zimbabwean civil society is a useful addition to these gender studies in African literature.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gender Issues in African Literature
Publisher: African Books Collective Limited
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New