defining and classifying African-feminist literatures
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Arndt, Susan
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B3017 - B
- Thesaurus
- feminisme, vrouwenbewegingen, schrijvers, literatuur, Afrika
- Description
- Susan Arndt enters the debate about feminism by attempting to discuss and define the nature of African feminism and African-feminist literatures. Taking into account African-feminist literatures’ heterogeneity as well, she uses a classification model to discuss it. Arndt distinguishes three main currents of feminism: reformist, transformative and radical African-feminist literatures. The workability of this classification model is put to the test, illustrated, and exemplified with interpretations of selected African-feminist prose texts by African women writers of different regional, religious and generational backgrounds: Grace Ogot, Ifeoma Okoye, Flora Nwapa, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Mariama Bâ, Buchi Emecheta, Bessie Head, Pat Ngurukie, Nawal El Saadawi and Calixthe Beyala