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Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature [[electronic resource] /] / Laura T. Murphy
| Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature [[electronic resource] /] / Laura T. Murphy |
| Autore | Murphy Laura (Laura T.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.93580966 |
| Collana | Western African Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
West African literature (English) - History and criticism
Slave trade in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8214-4412-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Against amnesia: metaphors and memory in West Africa -- Magical capture in a landscape of terror: the trope of the body in the bag in Amos Tutuola's My life in the bush of ghosts -- Geographies of memory: mapping slavery's recurrence in Ben Okri's The famished road -- The curse of constant remembrance: the belated trauma of the slave trade in Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments -- Childless mothers and dead husbands: the enslavement of intimacy and Ama Ata Aidoo's secret language of memory -- The suffering of survival -- The future of the past: the new historical fiction. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451834003321 |
Murphy Laura (Laura T.)
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| Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature [[electronic resource] /] / Laura T. Murphy
| Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature [[electronic resource] /] / Laura T. Murphy |
| Autore | Murphy Laura (Laura T.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.93580966 |
| Collana | Western African Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
West African literature (English) - History and criticism
Slave trade in literature |
| ISBN | 0-8214-4412-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Against amnesia: metaphors and memory in West Africa -- Magical capture in a landscape of terror: the trope of the body in the bag in Amos Tutuola's My life in the bush of ghosts -- Geographies of memory: mapping slavery's recurrence in Ben Okri's The famished road -- The curse of constant remembrance: the belated trauma of the slave trade in Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments -- Childless mothers and dead husbands: the enslavement of intimacy and Ama Ata Aidoo's secret language of memory -- The suffering of survival -- The future of the past: the new historical fiction. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779266903321 |
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Murphy Laura (Laura T.)
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| Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature / / Laura T. Murphy
| Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature / / Laura T. Murphy |
| Autore | Murphy Laura (Laura T.) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.93580966 |
| Collana | Western African Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
West African literature (English) - History and criticism
Slave trade in literature |
| ISBN | 0-8214-4412-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Against amnesia: metaphors and memory in West Africa -- Magical capture in a landscape of terror: the trope of the body in the bag in Amos Tutuola's My life in the bush of ghosts -- Geographies of memory: mapping slavery's recurrence in Ben Okri's The famished road -- The curse of constant remembrance: the belated trauma of the slave trade in Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments -- Childless mothers and dead husbands: the enslavement of intimacy and Ama Ata Aidoo's secret language of memory -- The suffering of survival -- The future of the past: the new historical fiction. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814663103321 |
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Murphy Laura (Laura T.)
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| Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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West African literatures [[electronic resource] ] : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell
| West African literatures [[electronic resource] ] : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell |
| Autore | Newell Stephanie <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/966 |
| Collana | Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English |
| Soggetto topico | West African literature (English) - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-90573-5
0-19-153837-X 0-19-151523-X |
| Classificazione | 17.76 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of maps; West African Timeline; 1 Introduction: Where is 'West Africa'?; 2 Négritude; 3 Facing East: Islam and Identity in West African Literature; 4 Oral Literatures; 5 Lost and Found in Translation; 6 Things Fall Apart: Presence and Palimpsest in the Colonial-scape; 7 Popular Literature; 8 Griots with Pens in their Hands: Literary Experiments with Oral Genres, 1960s-1990s; 9 Feminism and the Complex Space of Women's Writing; 10 Marxism and West African Literature; 11 The Three 'Posts': Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism
12 Experimental Writing by the 'Third Generation'13 'Queering' West African Literatures: Calixthe Beyala, Werewere Liking, and Véronique Tadjo; 14 Conclusion: West Africa in Postcolonial Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451450003321 |
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Newell Stephanie <1968->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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West African literatures [[electronic resource] ] : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell
| West African literatures [[electronic resource] ] : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell |
| Autore | Newell Stephanie <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/966 |
| Collana | Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English |
| Soggetto topico | West African literature (English) - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-383-04432-5
1-280-90573-5 0-19-153837-X 0-19-151523-X |
| Classificazione | 17.76 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of maps; West African Timeline; 1 Introduction: Where is 'West Africa'?; 2 Négritude; 3 Facing East: Islam and Identity in West African Literature; 4 Oral Literatures; 5 Lost and Found in Translation; 6 Things Fall Apart: Presence and Palimpsest in the Colonial-scape; 7 Popular Literature; 8 Griots with Pens in their Hands: Literary Experiments with Oral Genres, 1960s-1990s; 9 Feminism and the Complex Space of Women's Writing; 10 Marxism and West African Literature; 11 The Three 'Posts': Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism
12 Experimental Writing by the 'Third Generation'13 'Queering' West African Literatures: Calixthe Beyala, Werewere Liking, and Véronique Tadjo; 14 Conclusion: West Africa in Postcolonial Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784837003321 |
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Newell Stephanie <1968->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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West African literatures : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell
| West African literatures : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell |
| Autore | Newell Stephanie <1968-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/966 |
| Collana | Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English |
| Soggetto topico | West African literature (English) - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-383-04432-5
1-280-90573-5 0-19-153837-X 0-19-151523-X |
| Classificazione | 17.76 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of maps; West African Timeline; 1 Introduction: Where is 'West Africa'?; 2 Négritude; 3 Facing East: Islam and Identity in West African Literature; 4 Oral Literatures; 5 Lost and Found in Translation; 6 Things Fall Apart: Presence and Palimpsest in the Colonial-scape; 7 Popular Literature; 8 Griots with Pens in their Hands: Literary Experiments with Oral Genres, 1960s-1990s; 9 Feminism and the Complex Space of Women's Writing; 10 Marxism and West African Literature; 11 The Three 'Posts': Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism
12 Experimental Writing by the 'Third Generation'13 'Queering' West African Literatures: Calixthe Beyala, Werewere Liking, and Véronique Tadjo; 14 Conclusion: West Africa in Postcolonial Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813647103321 |
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Newell Stephanie <1968->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing African women : gender, popular culture, and literature in West Africa / / edited by Stephanie Newell ; with a new foreword by Wendy Griswold
| Writing African women : gender, popular culture, and literature in West Africa / / edited by Stephanie Newell ; with a new foreword by Wendy Griswold |
| Autore | Newell Stephanie |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/9287/0966 |
| Collana | African Culture Archive |
| Soggetto topico |
West African literature (English) - History and criticism
Women and literature - Africa, West - History Popular culture - Africa, West Authorship - Sex differences Cultural studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-22414-6
1-78699-010-5 1-78699-007-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Foreword by Wendy Griswold.
Introduction: Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa Stephanie Newell Part I: Theory and Politics ; 1: Reading Towards a Theorization of African Women's Writing: African Women Writers within Feminist Gynocriticism; 2: Masculinity: The Military, Women and Cultural Politics in Nigeria ; 3: Women's Role in Ghana's Social Development ; Part II: Literatures ; 4: A Life on the Women's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary ; 5: Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel Dove-Danquah. 6: Rewriting Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodora Adimora-Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye 7: Gender Conflict in Flora Nwapa's Novels ; 8: Culture and Gender Semantics in Flora Nwapa's Poetry ; 9: Behind the Veil in Northern Nigeria: The Writing of Zaynab Alkali and Hauwa Ali ; 10: The Onus of Womanhood: Mariama Bâ and Zaynab Alkali ; 11: Narrative Technique and the Politics of Gender: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy and No Sweetness Here ; Part III: Popular Culture ; 12: Hausa Women as Oral Storytellers in Northern Nigeria. 13: Gender Politics in West African Mask Performance 14: Anatomy of Masculine Power: Three Perspectives on Marriage and Gender in Nigerian Non-fiction ; 15: Gender Tempered Through Metal: Women in Metal-Casting in Benin City, Nigeria ; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792940603321 |
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Newell Stephanie
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing African women : gender, popular culture, and literature in West Africa / / edited by Stephanie Newell ; with a new foreword by Wendy Griswold
| Writing African women : gender, popular culture, and literature in West Africa / / edited by Stephanie Newell ; with a new foreword by Wendy Griswold |
| Autore | Newell Stephanie |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/9287/0966 |
| Collana | African Culture Archive |
| Soggetto topico |
West African literature (English) - History and criticism
Women and literature - Africa, West - History Popular culture - Africa, West Authorship - Sex differences Cultural studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-22414-6
1-78699-010-5 1-78699-007-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Foreword by Wendy Griswold.
Introduction: Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa Stephanie Newell Part I: Theory and Politics ; 1: Reading Towards a Theorization of African Women's Writing: African Women Writers within Feminist Gynocriticism; 2: Masculinity: The Military, Women and Cultural Politics in Nigeria ; 3: Women's Role in Ghana's Social Development ; Part II: Literatures ; 4: A Life on the Women's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary ; 5: Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel Dove-Danquah. 6: Rewriting Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodora Adimora-Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye 7: Gender Conflict in Flora Nwapa's Novels ; 8: Culture and Gender Semantics in Flora Nwapa's Poetry ; 9: Behind the Veil in Northern Nigeria: The Writing of Zaynab Alkali and Hauwa Ali ; 10: The Onus of Womanhood: Mariama Bâ and Zaynab Alkali ; 11: Narrative Technique and the Politics of Gender: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy and No Sweetness Here ; Part III: Popular Culture ; 12: Hausa Women as Oral Storytellers in Northern Nigeria. 13: Gender Politics in West African Mask Performance 14: Anatomy of Masculine Power: Three Perspectives on Marriage and Gender in Nigerian Non-fiction ; 15: Gender Tempered Through Metal: Women in Metal-Casting in Benin City, Nigeria ; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817074003321 |
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Newell Stephanie
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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