Writing African women : gender, popular culture and literature in West Africa /: gender, popular culture and literature in West Africa. (2017)
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- Book
- Title:
- Writing African women : gender, popular culture and literature in West Africa /: gender, popular culture and literature in West Africa. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Writing African women : gender, popular culture and literature in West Africa
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Stephanie Newell.
- Authors:
- Newell, Stephanie, 1968-
- Contents:
- Part I: Theory and Politics1. Reading Towards a Theorization of African Women's Writing: African Women Writers Within Feminist Gynocriticism - Nana Wilson-Tagoe 2. Masculinity: The Military, Women and Cultural Politics in Nigeria - Bayo Ogunjimi 3. Women's Role in Ghana's Social Development: a Short Statement - Akosua Gyamfuaa-Fofie Part II:: Literatures4. A Life on the women's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary - Jane Bryce 5. Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel - Dove-Danquah and Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang 6. Rewriting Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodor Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye - Chinyere Okafor 7. Gender Conflict in Flora Nwapa's Novels - Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo 8. Culture and Gender Semantics in Flora Nwapa's Poetry - Obododimma Oha 9. Behind the Veil in Northern Nigeria: The Writing of Zaynab Alkali and Hauwa Ali - Margaret Hauwa Kassam 10. The Onus of Womanhood: Mariama Bƒ and Zaynab Alkali - Ibiyemi Mojola 11. Narrative Technique and the Politics of Gender: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy and No Sweetness Here - Chioma Opara Part III: Popular Culture; 12. Hausa Women as Oral Storytellers in Nigeria - Sani Abba Aliyu 13. Gender Politics in West African Mask Performance - Chinyere Grace Okafor 14. Anatomy of Masculine Power: Three Perspectives on Marriage and Gender in Nigerian Non-Fiction - Stephanie Newell 15. Gender Tempered Through Metal: Women in Metal Casting in Benin City, Nigeria - Adepeju Layiwola
- Edition:
- Second edition
- Publisher Details:
- London : Zed Books
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 820.992870966
West African literature (English) -- History and criticism
Women and literature -- Africa, West -- History
Popular culture -- Africa, West
Authorship -- Sex differences - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781786990075
9781786990082
9781786990099 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781786990693
9781786990105 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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