This collection is a study of African literature framed by the central, and multi-faceted, idea of 'mother' - motherland, mothertongue, motherwit, motherhood, mothering - looking at the paradoxical location of (m)other as both central and marginal. Whilst the volume stands as a sustained feminist analysis, it engages feminist theory itself by showing how issues in feminism are, in African literature, recast in different and complex ways.
| ISBN: | 9780415137904 |
| Publication date: | 12th December 1996 |
| Author: | Obioma Nnaemeka |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 254 pages |
| Series: | Opening Out: Feminism for Today |
| Genres: |
Philosophy |