Blessing Diala-Ogamba

Visions of Womanhood in Contemporary African Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the history and evolution of women's roles in African society and literature. The author examines oral stories and biographies to show how colonialization worked to oppress women in Africa and studies contemporary African literature and film to reveal the ways women and their roles, both in fiction and reality, have progressed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9781793644381
• ISBN-10: 1793644381
• Artikelnr.: 62228784

Autorenporträt

Blessing Diala-Ogamba, is professor of English at Coppin State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section 1: Women's Identity and Self-Awareness
Chapter 1: Oral Traditions in African Novels: An Analysis of Akachi Adimora
Ezeigbo's The Last of the Strong Ones and Sunny Udoh's Martial Bliss
Chapter 2: Technique and Form in Lilian Masitera's The Trail
Chapter 3: Social Change and Women's Struggle in Zukiswa Wanner's The Madam
Section 2: Patriarchal Abuse and Liberation
Chapter 4: Hypocrisy and Abuse of Power in Nawal El Sadaawi's God Dies By
The Nile and The Fall of The Imam
Chapter 5: From Oppression to Rebelliousness: Women in Tayeb Salih's Season
of Migration to North and Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde
Section 3: Exploitation, Women's Struggle, and Resistance
Chapter 6: Race, Colonialism, and Resistance: The Women Left Behind in
Lauretta Ncgobo's and They Didn't Die
Chapter 7: The Formidable Emancipator in Meja Mwangi's Crossroads: The Last
Plague
Chapter 8: Behind the Veil: The Unyielding Protagonist in Nuruddin Farah's
Knots
Section 4: Gender and Liberation in Patriarchal Society
Chapter 9: Perception of Womanhood in Flora Nwapa's Novels
Chapter 10: Resistance and Activism in Sembene Ousmane's God's Bits of Wood
Chapter 11: Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in Nigerian Movies
Conclusion