Women Writers of Gabon - Literature and Herstory

Informationen zum Autor Cheryl Toman is associate professor of French and director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program and the Ethnic Studies Program at Case Western Reserve University. Klappentext This book demonstrates how the invisibility of women in Gabon has led to the omission of Gabon's literature from the African canon, and discusses the unique elements of Gabonese women's writing that show it is worthy of critical recognition. Toman explores the unique contributions Gabonese women writers have made to literature by exploring the works of major voices in Gabonese women's writing and provides a brief introduction to the younger generation of Gabonese women writers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Assessing an "Absence" of Literature in Gabon and the Invisibility of WomenChapter One: The Emergence of the Gabonese Novel: The Works of Angèle RawiriChapter Two: Justine Mintsa and Gabonese Writers of Fang Heritage: Orality, Culture, and TraditionChapter Three: Fang Culture, Bwitifang Spirituality and the mvet in the Novels of Sylvie NtsameChapter Four: Gender and Sexuality in Selected Works of Honorine NgouChapter Five: Taking Literature to the Schools: Gabon's Children and the Contribution of the Woman WriterConclusion

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl Toman, Toman Cheryl
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781498537209
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3720-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France; After the Empire: The Francoph; After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; French, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Gabon