| Titre : | Nwanyibu : womanbeing & African literature | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru, Auteur ; Ketu Katrak, Auteur | | Editeur : | Trenton : Africa world press | | Année de publication : | 1997 | | Collection : | Annual selected papers of the African Literature Association num. 1 | | Importance : | 168 p. | | Format : | 23 cm. | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-86543-618-3 | | Note générale : | 17th annual meeting of the ALA held at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 20 to 23, 1991 | | Langues : | Anglais | | Catégories : | LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
| | Mots-clés : | African literature-Women authors-History and criticism-Congresses African literature-20th century-History and criticism-Congresses Women and literature-Africa-Congresses Women in literature-Congresses Womanism in literature-Congresses. | | Résumé : | These essays explore the condition of African women, focusing on what one-contributor describes as "the discourses of colonialism and sexism (as) sites where gender, sexuality, race and power constructions intersect." The essays are divided into four categories:
The first section under the title "Realities and Fantasies of African Womanbeing" includes essays such as Phanuel Egejuru's exploration of "The Paradox of Womanbeing and the Female Principle in Igbo Cosmology."
Section two, "New Options and Redefinitions of Womanbeing," includes Janice Spleth's discussion of Mudimbe's Before the Birth of the Moon; Pauline Uwakwe's cross-cultural analysis of the similarities and differences among female characters in works by continental African writers and those in the diaspora in "Female Choices: The Militant Option in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra, and Alice Walker's Meridian."
Section three: "South African WomenWriters and Womanbeing" includes an essay by Natasha Vaubel, a comprehensive discussion of scholarship on Bessi Head, Carol Sicherman's essay on Zoe Wicomb, and Elizabeth Taylor on Ellen Kuzwayo and Miriam Tlali.
The last section on "Francophone Writers and Womanbeing" includes essays by Janis Pallister, Hal Wylie, and Gerise Herndon, constituting studies of black women characters in Sembene Ousmane's films, and varying portrayals of female characters by male and female authors such as Sembene and Aminata Sow Fall. |
Nwanyibu : womanbeing & African literature [texte imprimé] / Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru, Auteur ; Ketu Katrak, Auteur . - Trenton : Africa world press, 1997 . - 168 p. ; 23 cm.. - ( Annual selected papers of the African Literature Association; 1) . ISBN : 978-0-86543-618-3 17th annual meeting of the ALA held at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 20 to 23, 1991 Langues : Anglais | Catégories : | LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
| | Mots-clés : | African literature-Women authors-History and criticism-Congresses African literature-20th century-History and criticism-Congresses Women and literature-Africa-Congresses Women in literature-Congresses Womanism in literature-Congresses. | | Résumé : | These essays explore the condition of African women, focusing on what one-contributor describes as "the discourses of colonialism and sexism (as) sites where gender, sexuality, race and power constructions intersect." The essays are divided into four categories:
The first section under the title "Realities and Fantasies of African Womanbeing" includes essays such as Phanuel Egejuru's exploration of "The Paradox of Womanbeing and the Female Principle in Igbo Cosmology."
Section two, "New Options and Redefinitions of Womanbeing," includes Janice Spleth's discussion of Mudimbe's Before the Birth of the Moon; Pauline Uwakwe's cross-cultural analysis of the similarities and differences among female characters in works by continental African writers and those in the diaspora in "Female Choices: The Militant Option in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra, and Alice Walker's Meridian."
Section three: "South African WomenWriters and Womanbeing" includes an essay by Natasha Vaubel, a comprehensive discussion of scholarship on Bessi Head, Carol Sicherman's essay on Zoe Wicomb, and Elizabeth Taylor on Ellen Kuzwayo and Miriam Tlali.
The last section on "Francophone Writers and Womanbeing" includes essays by Janis Pallister, Hal Wylie, and Gerise Herndon, constituting studies of black women characters in Sembene Ousmane's films, and varying portrayals of female characters by male and female authors such as Sembene and Aminata Sow Fall. |
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