African women writing resistance [electronic resource] : an anthology of contemporary voices / edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez ... [et al.].
2010
PL8011 .A35 2010eb
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African women writing resistance [electronic resource] : an anthology of contemporary voices / edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez ... [et al.].
ISBN
9780299236632 (electronic book)
9780299236649
9780299236649
Imprint
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 337 p.)
Call Number
PL8011 .A35 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
809/.8896
Summary
This work is a transnational anthology that focuses on women's strategies of resistance to the challenges they face in Africa today. The anthology brings together personal narratives, testimony, interviews, short stories, poetry, performance scripts, folktales, and lyrics. Thematically organized, it presents women's writing on such issues as intertribal and interethnic conflicts, the degradation of the environment, polygamy, domestic abuse, the controversial traditional practice of female genital cutting, Sharia law, intergenerational tensions, and emigration and exile. Contributors include internationally recognized authors and activists such as Wangari Maathai and Nawal El Saadawi, as well as a host of new voices from all over the African continent and from the African diaspora. Interdisciplinary in scope, this collection provides an introduction to contemporary African women's literature and highlights social issues that are particular to Africa but are also of worldwide concern.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-325) and index.
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Browdy de Hernandez, Jennifer.
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Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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African women writing resistance.
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Table of Contents
pt. 1. Engaging with tradition
pt. 2. Speaking out : young women on sexuality
pt. 3. Challenging the institution of marriage
pt. 4. Focusing on survival : women's health issues
pt. 5. Taking a stand : women as activists against war, environmental degradation, and social conflict
pt. 6. Writing from a different place : perspectives on exile and diaspora
pt. 7. Standing at the edge of time : African women's visions of the past, present, and future.
pt. 2. Speaking out : young women on sexuality
pt. 3. Challenging the institution of marriage
pt. 4. Focusing on survival : women's health issues
pt. 5. Taking a stand : women as activists against war, environmental degradation, and social conflict
pt. 6. Writing from a different place : perspectives on exile and diaspora
pt. 7. Standing at the edge of time : African women's visions of the past, present, and future.