Writing African Women - Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa (Hardcover, 2nd New edition)

How does our understanding of Africa shift when we begin from the perspective of women? What can the African perspective offer theories of culture and of gender difference? This work, as unique and insightful today as when it was first published, brings together a wide variety of African academics and other researchers to explore the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender. Beginning with a ground-breaking overview of African gender theory, the book goes on to analyse women's writing, uncovering the ways different writers have approached issues of female creativity and colonial history, as well as the ways in which they have subverted popular stereotypes around African women. The contributors also explore the related gender dynamics of mask performance and oral story-telling. This major analysis of gender in popular and postcolonial cultural production remains essential reading for students and academics in women's studies, cultural studies and literature.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Culture Archive
Release date:	June 2017
Editors:	Stephanie Newell
Foreword by:	Wendy Griswold
Dimensions:	222 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	216
Edition:	2nd New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78699-069-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78699-069-5
Barcode:	9781786990693

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