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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 |
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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