The politics of (m)othering : womanhood, identity, and resistance in African literature / / edited by Obioma Nnaemeka

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.8896
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NnaemekaObioma <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Politics of mothering; Politics of othering
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of (m)othering
• ISBN: 1-134-77438-9; 1-280-14400-9; 0-203-98131-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450287603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Opening out.