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UNINA9910450287603321 |
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Titolo |
The politics of (m)othering : womanhood, identity, and resistance in African literature / / edited by Obioma Nnaemeka |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-77438-9 |
1-280-14400-9 |
0-203-98131-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African literature - History and criticism |
Femininity in literature |
Feminism and literature - Africa |
Politics and literature - Africa |
Gender identity in literature |
Women and literature - Africa |
Motherhood in literature |
Mothers in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Series preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Mother's talk; 2 Nervous Conditions; 3 Why the Snake-Lizard killed his mother; 4 The Eye and the Other; 5 Enlightenment epistemology and "aesthetic cognition"; 6 Calixthe Beyala's "femme-fillette"; 7 Bound to matter; 8 MotherTongues and childless women; 9 Ontological victimhood; 10 Urban spaces, women's places; 11 Reconstructing motherhood; 12 Geographies of pain; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection is a study of African literature framed by the central, and multi-faceted, idea of 'mother' - motherland, mothertongue, motherwit, motherhood, mothering - looking at the paradoxical location of (m)other as both central and marginal. |
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