Women Writers in Francophone Africa (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781859733462)

In the rapidly growing field of African literature in French, writing by women has largely been ignored. This book, the first comprehensive study of women's writing in francophone sub-Saharan Africa, redressess the critical imbalance and celebrates the originality of this fascinating new literature.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 B , 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.

Author: Nicki Hitchcott, Nicki Hitchott
ISBN-10: 1859733468
ISBN-13: 9781859733462
Publisher: Berg 3pl
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2000
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2001 pg. 1077