Legacies of Departed African Women Writers
Matrix of Creativity and Power
Herausgeber: Chukwuma, Helen O.; Opara, Chioma Carol
Legacies of Departed African Women Writers
Matrix of Creativity and Power
Herausgeber: Chukwuma, Helen O.; Opara, Chioma Carol
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Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female writers of contemporary African literature and feminist scholarship, examining the ideologies, thematic concerns, and stylistic devices which constitute the fabrics of the legacies left by these iconic pacesetters.
Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female writers of contemporary African literature and feminist scholarship, examining the ideologies, thematic concerns, and stylistic devices which constitute the fabrics of the legacies left by these iconic pacesetters.
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Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Seitenzahl: 360
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 584g
- ISBN-13: 9781666914672
- ISBN-10: 1666914673
- Artikelnr.: 70243640
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Seitenzahl: 360
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 584g
- ISBN-13: 9781666914672
- ISBN-10: 1666914673
- Artikelnr.: 70243640
Helen O. Chukwuma is professor of English in the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages at Jackson State University. Chioma Carol Opara is professor of English and comparative literature and former director of the Foundation Studies Unit at Rivers State University.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes
Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma
Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa
1. "Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth"
Anthonia Kalu
1. Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture
in Efuru and Idu
Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo
1. Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History
Kemi Wale- Olaitan
1. Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess
Anthonia Adadevoh
1. Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu
Perp St. Remy Asiegbu
Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition
1. Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a
Letter
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
1. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in
Grace Ogot's The Promised Land
Eunita Ochola
1. Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the
Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion.
Nkem Okoh
Part 3:Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History
1. Archetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot's Fiction
Onyemaechi Udumukwu
1. Bessie Head: World Writer from Africa
Mary S. Lederer
1. Narrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in
Buchi Emecheta's Double Yoke
Solomon Omatsola Azumurana
1. Depravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women inOne
and Woman at PointZero
Queen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke
1. Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in
Selected Works byAssia Djebar
Rose A. Sackeyfio
Part 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom
1. From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera's
Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba
2. The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon
Austine Amanze Akpuda
1. Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi's
A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero
Chinyere Grace Okafor
1. Women,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods
Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye
1. Nadine Gordimer's Multiplex Legacy
Ikeogu Oke
Part 5:Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice
1. Language Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head's Maru
Omeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu
1. Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba's Novels
Chioma Carol Opara
Epilogue: Un Cri de Coeur
Marie Umeh
Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes
Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma
Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa
1. "Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth"
Anthonia Kalu
1. Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture
in Efuru and Idu
Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo
1. Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History
Kemi Wale- Olaitan
1. Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess
Anthonia Adadevoh
1. Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu
Perp St. Remy Asiegbu
Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition
1. Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a
Letter
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
1. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in
Grace Ogot's The Promised Land
Eunita Ochola
1. Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the
Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion.
Nkem Okoh
Part 3:Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History
1. Archetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot's Fiction
Onyemaechi Udumukwu
1. Bessie Head: World Writer from Africa
Mary S. Lederer
1. Narrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in
Buchi Emecheta's Double Yoke
Solomon Omatsola Azumurana
1. Depravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women inOne
and Woman at PointZero
Queen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke
1. Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in
Selected Works byAssia Djebar
Rose A. Sackeyfio
Part 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom
1. From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera's
Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba
2. The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon
Austine Amanze Akpuda
1. Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi's
A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero
Chinyere Grace Okafor
1. Women,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods
Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye
1. Nadine Gordimer's Multiplex Legacy
Ikeogu Oke
Part 5:Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice
1. Language Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head's Maru
Omeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu
1. Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba's Novels
Chioma Carol Opara
Epilogue: Un Cri de Coeur
Marie Umeh
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes
Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma
Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa
1. "Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth"
Anthonia Kalu
1. Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture
in Efuru and Idu
Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo
1. Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History
Kemi Wale- Olaitan
1. Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess
Anthonia Adadevoh
1. Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu
Perp St. Remy Asiegbu
Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition
1. Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a
Letter
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
1. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in
Grace Ogot's The Promised Land
Eunita Ochola
1. Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the
Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion.
Nkem Okoh
Part 3:Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History
1. Archetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot's Fiction
Onyemaechi Udumukwu
1. Bessie Head: World Writer from Africa
Mary S. Lederer
1. Narrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in
Buchi Emecheta's Double Yoke
Solomon Omatsola Azumurana
1. Depravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women inOne
and Woman at PointZero
Queen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke
1. Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in
Selected Works byAssia Djebar
Rose A. Sackeyfio
Part 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom
1. From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera's
Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba
2. The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon
Austine Amanze Akpuda
1. Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi's
A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero
Chinyere Grace Okafor
1. Women,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods
Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye
1. Nadine Gordimer's Multiplex Legacy
Ikeogu Oke
Part 5:Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice
1. Language Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head's Maru
Omeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu
1. Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba's Novels
Chioma Carol Opara
Epilogue: Un Cri de Coeur
Marie Umeh
Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes
Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma
Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa
1. "Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth"
Anthonia Kalu
1. Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture
in Efuru and Idu
Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo
1. Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History
Kemi Wale- Olaitan
1. Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess
Anthonia Adadevoh
1. Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu
Perp St. Remy Asiegbu
Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition
1. Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a
Letter
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
1. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in
Grace Ogot's The Promised Land
Eunita Ochola
1. Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the
Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion.
Nkem Okoh
Part 3:Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History
1. Archetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot's Fiction
Onyemaechi Udumukwu
1. Bessie Head: World Writer from Africa
Mary S. Lederer
1. Narrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in
Buchi Emecheta's Double Yoke
Solomon Omatsola Azumurana
1. Depravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women inOne
and Woman at PointZero
Queen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke
1. Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in
Selected Works byAssia Djebar
Rose A. Sackeyfio
Part 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom
1. From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera's
Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba
2. The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon
Austine Amanze Akpuda
1. Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi's
A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero
Chinyere Grace Okafor
1. Women,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods
Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye
1. Nadine Gordimer's Multiplex Legacy
Ikeogu Oke
Part 5:Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice
1. Language Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head's Maru
Omeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu
1. Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba's Novels
Chioma Carol Opara
Epilogue: Un Cri de Coeur
Marie Umeh