Misogyny in Urban Fiction: A Study of Selected Texts by Meja Mwangi | Does misogyny impact on the social, economic, political and psychological lives of women?

Philip Etyang (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 363976742X / ISBN 13: 9783639767421

Published by Scholars' Press, 2015

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Misogyny in Urban Fiction: A Study of Selected Texts by Meja Mwangi | Does misogyny impact on the social, economic, political and psychological lives of women? | Philip Etyang (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 124 S. | Englisch | 2015 | Scholars' Press | EAN 9783639767421 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Misogyny in Urban Fiction: A Study of Selected Texts by Meja Mwangi | Does misogyny impact on the social, economic, political and psychological lives of women?
• Publisher: Scholars' Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363976742X
• ISBN 13: 9783639767421
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 9D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 203 grams
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Synopsis

This book gives a panoramic view of misogyny in Meja Mwangi's trilogy of urban fiction. Mwangi burst onto the literary scene with his city novels; Kill Me Quick, Going Down River Road, and The Cockroach Dance all published in the 1970s, and which distinguished him as a creative writer of popular literature. Since then, he has gone ahead to write both adult and children literature, and in the process bagged several major literary accolades. He is the only writer from Kenya so far to have won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature a record six times in different categories. Despite his achievements, Mwangi has received a myriad of negative criticisms emanating from his trilogy, especially in the way he portrays the Mwangian female. However, his texts have still proven to be popular with readers. The Mwangin Man in the trilogy has instinctively developed a misogynistic attitude directed towards women. He has evolved from despising women in Kill Me Quick to full blown misogyny in Going Down River Road. In The Cockroach Dance, Meja Mwangi introduces the Amazon woman who thrives in society as she is assertive and aggressive and wards off misogyny perpetrated by Mwangi's male characters.