Women Writers in Francophone Africa
Nicki Hitchcott · 2000
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"Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the collective tradition of African society - a tension which emerges as the key to each of the texts discussed. Focusing on four major authors - Mariama Ba, Aminata Sow Fall, Werewere Liking and Calixthe Beyala, each with an international reputation - the book uses a feminist approach to consider the duality of the African woman, who is often torn between modernity and tradition. This duality, the author suggests, is reconfigured through fictional writings which provide a space for alternative female subjectivities to emerge."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Series
- Berg French Studies Series
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9781859733462
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