Izabela Romanczuk

The Swahili Novels of Tanzanian Women (eBook, ePUB)

Agency, Tradition, and Change

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an analysis of female Swahili novelists from a feminist perspective, highlighting their contributions to the Swahili literary tradition. Grounded throughout in the historical and socio-political contexts of the authors it discusses, it will be an important read for researchers of African literature and women's studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040131596
• Artikelnr.: 72274130

Autorenporträt

Izabela Romanczuk completed her PhD at the Department of African Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. She works as an assistant professor in the Department of African Languages and Cultures at the University of Warsaw. In her research and teaching work she deals with various aspects of contemporary African literature, particularly Kiswahili literature, emphasizing gender dynamics and identity representation. At the University of Warsaw's Department of African Languages and Cultures, she also teaches about feminist theories in Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part One: Contexts 1. Methodological framework 2. Literary
outline Part Two: Texts and their analyses 3. 'Don't Forget Me': women's
writing in the 1960s 4. Visions of women's emancipation in the Ujamaa
literature 5. The last decades of the 20th century 6. Feminist discourses
in 21st-century novels Conclusion