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Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa
Stephanie Newell
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Description for Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa
Paperback. An enlivening exploration of the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender in African literature. Editor(s): Newell, Stephanie. Series: African Culture Archive. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
African Culture Archive
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786990105
SKU
V9781786990105
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About Stephanie Newell
Stephanie Newell is a professor of English at the Yale University, specialising in West African literature. Her other books include The Power to Name: A History of Anonymity in Colonial West Africa (2013) and The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku (2006). Wendy Griswold is the Bergen Evans Professor of Humanities at Northwestern ... Read more
Reviews for Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa
`Clear, informed thinking about the gendered nexus of culture and power is needed more than ever. The new publication of Newell's collection is an event to be applauded, and its contents to be pondered.' Wendy Griswold, from the Foreword