Gender Issues in African Literature

Don Juan

Description

Gender Issues in African Literature examines the ways in which some protagonists of African fictions are made to counter and challenge intertwined Western discourses on gender, employment, sexuality, and health. Here the conflict between Tradition and Modernity is argues from the favourite premise of male supremacist ideology showing how women have �unlearned� these false concepts to build a sustained feminist movement and (re)learn the value of sisterhood. There is a bold attempt to reread Achebe as a consistent in urging women to fight the seemingly oppressive structures that have traditionally discriminated against them, and to disregard their diversity and embrace their unity. A chapter of Feminist Re-writing disagrees with the attempt to equate theory with political activism and presents Feminist literature as more than a verbal assertion that points to Feminist aesthetics and politics. The use of the trauma theory and testimonio literature to explore traumatisation of female characters and its impact for Zimbabwean civil society is a useful addition to these gender studies in African literature.

Sujets

• Literary Criticism

Informations

• Publié par: Handel Books
• Date de parution: 02 avril 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789783603752
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

GENDERISSUES

*** GENDERIssuesayshewhichinwerpsmonositogatsxenimatse ofAfricanfictionsaremadetocounterandchallengeintertwined   Westerndiscoursesongender,employment,sexuality,and   health.Therearesevenchaptersaltogetherwiththestudyof   Achebe,Fall,Gordimer,Vera,Emecheta,Ezeigbo,andtheSwiss- Gabonesewriter,Bessora.HeretheconflictbetweenTradition   andModernityisarguedfromthefavouritepremiseofmale   supremacistideologyshowinghowwomenhave'unlearned'   thesefalseconceptstobuildasustainedfeministmovementand   (re)learnthevalueofsisterhood.   ThereisaboldattempttorereadAchebeasconsistentinurging   womenevahtsetahthtigftognyloppehseeimstructurressive   traditionallydiscriminatedagainstthem,andtodisregardtheir   diversityandembracetheirunity.AchapteronFeministRe- Writingdisagreeswiththeattempttoequatetheorywithpolitical   activismandpresentsFeministliteratureasmorethanaverbal   assertionthatpointstoFeministaestheticsandpolitics.Theuse ofthetraumatheoryandtestimonioetheorplexoertarutilet   traumatisationoffemalecharactersanditsimpactfor ZimbabweancivilsocietyisausefuladditiontotheseGender   studiesinAfricanliterature.

*** ProfessorofAfricanlanguagesandliterature,founderofthe   SocietyofAfricanFolklore,andLiterarySocietyInternational,LSi,   CharlesSmith,iseditoroftheCriticalWritingSeriesonAfrican   LiteraturewithNigerianChinCe , thefofagmeroysoturneoen poetsfromAfrica.Ceisalsotheauthorofseveralworksoffiction   andessaysonAfricanandCaribbeanliterature.

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