Ethics and Human Rights in Anglophone African Women's Literature - Feminist Empathy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book proposes feminist empathy as a model of interpretation in the works of contemporary Anglophone African women writers. The African woman's body is often portrayed as having been disabled by the patriarchal and sexist structures of society. Returning to their bodies as a point of reference, rather than the postcolonial ideology of empire, contemporaryAfrican women writers demand fairness and equality. By showing how this literature deploys imaginative shifts in perspective with women experiencing unfairness, injustice, or oppression because of their gender, Chielozona Eze argues that by considering feminist empathy, discussions open up about how this literature directly addresses the systems that put them in disadvantaged positions. This book, therefore, engages a new ethical and human rights awareness in African literary and cultural discourses, highlighting the openness to reality that is compatible with African multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and increasingly cosmopolitan communities.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Comparative Feminist Studies
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Chielozona Eze
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	230
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-40921-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	3-319-40921-2
Barcode:	9783319409214

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