Tell It to Women - An Epic Drama for Women

Using the magic of movement, dance, and drama, and the devices of humor and metaphor, Osonye Tess Onwueme has created a post-feminist epic drama that transcends current feminist theories. An ideologically and politically powerful work, Tell It to Women offers a critical discourse on the western feminist movement from an African traditional perspective, focusing attention on the often silenced issues of intra-gender politics and class inequities.

About the author

Osonye Tess Onwueme is Distinguished Professor of cultural diversity and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. The author of twelve plays, including Three Plays, Onwueme received her Ph.D. from the University of Benin.

Summary

This drama offers a polemical discourse and dialogue that challenges the contemporary theories of female disempowerment, especially in traditional African societies. The play focuses on the lives of two semi-literate Idu women and their journey to find a "better life".

Product details

• Authors: Osonye Tess Onwueme
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1997
• EAN: 9780814326497
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-2649-7
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 315 g
• Series: African American Life; African American Life (Paperba; African American Life Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories