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Author : Marie Krüger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Fictions of Identity and Authority in Postcolonial Kenyan Women's Literature written by Marie Krüger and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Kruger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230116418
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Women’s Literature in Kenya and Uganda written by M. Kruger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite , the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve.
Author : Doreen Strauhs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137330902
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book African Literary NGOs written by Doreen Strauhs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies.
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Total Pages : 564 pages
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Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
Publisher : Feminist Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558612532
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Coming to Birth written by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye and published by Feminist Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macgoye interweaves the story of one young woman's tumultuous coming of age with the history of a nation emerging from colonialism. At the age of sixteen, Paulina leaves her small, traditional Luo village in western Kenya to join her new husband, Martin Were, in the bustling, multitribal city of Nairobi. It is 1956, and Kenya is in the final days of the Emergency as the British seek to suppress violent anti-colonial revolts. Paulina knows little about politics and even less about city life. On her second day in Nairobi, she is naive enough to think she can easily find her way home across the vast city, as she always could in her village. Her traumatic journey, which in fact takes two days and two nights, earns her a beating from Martin. Marriage, too, is new to Paulina, and while she is anxious to learn the ways of a proper wife, Martin's clumsy attempts to control her soon lead to a relationship filled with silences, misunderstandings, and unfulfilled expectations. Soon Paulina's inability to bear a child effectively banishes her from the confines of a traditional woman's life. As her country at last moves toward independence, Paulina manages to achieve a kind of independence as well. She accepts a job, teaching women at a community center, which will require her to live separately from her husband, and she has an affair that leads to the birth of her first child. But Paulina's hard-won contentment shatters when Kenya's turbulent history intrudes once again into her private life, bringing with it tragedy - and a new test of her quiet courage and determination. Taking in real events and historical figures as well as the inner journey of one remarkable woman, this vision extends to embrace the whole of a nation and a people likewise struggling to find their way. For course use in: African literature, family studies, postcolonial literature, women's literature, women's studies, world literature.
Author : Rose A. Sackeyfio
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000917134
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book African Women Narrating Identity written by Rose A. Sackeyfio and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complexities of women’s lives in Africa and the transnational spaces of Europe and North America through the literary works of key African women writers. Using a postcolonial analytical framework, the book highlights the commonalities of African women’s identities and experiences across national, ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries in Africa and in western settings. It collates the multi-regional narratives of key African women writers who convey how women’s lives are shaped by social, economic, and political factors at home and abroad. It also illustrates the intersection of ethnicity, class, and gender that flows through all the texts examined. Unlike existing works that explore African women’s fiction, this book uncovers the transformation from postcolonial themes of nationhood to global modalities of post-independence writing through the lens of gender. The book engages with feminist expression through broad themes including religion, war and ethnic conflict, women’s status in society, tradition and modernity and local and global tensions. A unique approach to literary criticism of Anglophone African women’s writing, this book will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of African Literature, African Studies, Women’s Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Cultural and Ethnic Studies and Migration and Diaspora Studies.
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Total Pages : 572 pages
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Download or read book ASA News written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Kruger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230116418
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Women’s Literature in Kenya and Uganda written by M. Kruger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite , the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve.
Author : Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350129828
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Narrative, Identity and Ethics in Postcolonial Kenya written by Eleanor Tiplady Higgs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a Christian organization with colonial roots work towards reproductive justice for Kenyan women and resist sexist interpretations of Christianity? How does a women's organization in Africa navigate controversial ethical dilemmas, while dealing with the pressures of imperialism in international development? Based on a case study of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Kenya, this book explores the answers to these questions. It also introduces a theoretical framework drawn from postcolonial feminist critique, narrative identity theory and the work of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: 'everyday Christian ethics'. The book evaluates the theory's implications as a cross-disciplinary theme in feminist studies of religion and theology. Eleanor Tiplady Higgs argues that Kenya YWCA's narratives of its Christian history and constitution sustain a link between its ethical perspective and its identity. The ethical insights that emerge from these practices proclaim the relevance of the value of 'fulfilled lives', as prescribed in the New Testament, for Christian women's experiences of reproductive injustice.
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Total Pages : 2426 pages
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Download or read book MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 2426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grace Ogot
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9966566120
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (665 download)
Download or read book The Other Woman written by Grace Ogot and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 1992-06-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Ogot is a well-known Kenyan novelist. In this collection of nine stories, she explores themes of social, cultural and spiritual importance. Her imagery is designed to unveil evils which bedevil modern society, such as violence, lust for power and wealth, and family turmoil. Her stories are imbued with the culture of Kenya.
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Total Pages : 236 pages
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Download or read book Wisconsin African Studies News & Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F. M. Genga-Idowu
Publisher : East African Educational Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lady in Chains written by F. M. Genga-Idowu and published by East African Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Research in African Literatures written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1- , spring 1970- , include "A Bibliography of American doctoral dissertations on African literature," compiled by Nancy J. Schmidt.
Author : Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558617078
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)
Download or read book Coming to Birth written by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this quietly powerful and eminently readable novel, winner of the prestigious Sinclair Prize, Kenyan writer Marjorie Macgoye deftly interweaves the story of one young woman’s tumultuous coming of age with the history of a nation emerging from colonialism. At the age of sixteen, Paulina leaves her small village in western Kenya to join her new husband, Martin, in the bustling city of Nairobi. It is 1956, and Kenya is in the final days of the "Emergency," as the British seek to suppress violent anti-colonial revolts. But Paulina knows little about, about city life, or about marriage, and Martin’s clumsy attempts to control her soon lead to a relationship filled with silences, misunderstandings, and unfulfilled expectations. Soon Paulina’s inability to bear a child effectively banishes her from the confines of traditional women’s roles. As her country at last moves toward independence, Paulina manages to achieve a kind of independence as well: She accepts a job that will require her to live separately from her husband, and she has an affair that leads to the birth of her first child. But Paulina’s hard-won contentment will be shattered when Kenya’s turbulent history intrudes into her private life, bringing with it tragedy—and a new test of her quiet courage and determination. Paulina’s patient struggles for survival and identity are revealed through Marjorie Macgoye’s keen and sensitive vision—a vision which extends to embrace the whole of a nation and a people likewise struggling to find their way. As the Weekly Standard of Kenya notes, "Coming to Birth is a radical novel in firmly asserting our common humanity."
Author : Godwin Siundu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000817741
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book History and Violence in Contemporary Kenyan Fiction written by Godwin Siundu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of essays on Yvonne Owuor’s writings, mainly her most acclaimed novel, Dust as well as Dragonfly Sea and her short story “Weight of Whispers”. While the chapters in this book grapple with diverse themes, they generally converge on Owuor’s preoccupation with different forms of violence that has dominated Kenya’s postcolonial experiences, especially those around the politics of power and the roles of regional, ethnic, and gender identities in influencing such politics. Many of the chapters in this book problematize the violence of genocide, trauma, and flight as they are variously and singularly underpinned by silences that signal the failure of adequate avenues for articulation of what impact such violence has on its victims. Other chapters focus on the style of Owuor’s writing, thereby highlighting the many literary innovations that Owuor crafts in order to effectively carry the weight of her concerns. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of Literature, Politics, History, and Sociology. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Author : Melanna Emily Smith
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Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Sheng written by Melanna Emily Smith and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
