04623cam a2200553Ia 4500 ocn858764753 OCoLC 20200709055956.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130921s2012 enk o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP YDXCP N$T 9781940729022 (electronic bk.) 1940729025 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)858764753 643877 (N$T) PL8010 BIO 007000 bisacsh 809/.896 23 N$TA Salami-Boukari, Safoura. African literature [electronic resource] : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / Safoura Salami-Boukari. Oxford : African Heritage Press, 2012. 1 online resource (272 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE: Historical Background & Methodology; The Historical Context of West African Literature in the 1960s & the Study Structure; PART TWO: Sociocultural Issues in Igbo Society; Beliefs about Men & Women; Rites of Passage & Ritual Practices: Female Circumcision (Excision); Cultural Violence; The Traditional Doctor or "Dibia" in Igbo Society; Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy versus Monogamy; Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy a Way of Life? PART THREE: Religion in African Literature & Implications for Today's SocietyObinkaram Echewa's Treatment of Religion in The Land's Lord-Toward Religious Relativism and Ecumenical Perspectives; Old-Ahamba & Father Higler: Antagonistic or Complementary Relationship?; Originality of African Traditional Religion: The Power to Create or Destroy Deities; The Symbolic Value of Building the Church: The Role of the Christian Cross & the Traditional "Ofo" in The Land's Lord; PART FOUR: Character Depictions; The Prototypical Perfect Character Creation: Efuru Flora Nwapa's Ajanupu: Traditional or Postmodern Activist?PART FIVE: African Women's Voice: Critical & Comparative Perspectives; Flora Nwapa: A Woman Writer in a Male-Dominated Literary World; Comparative Approach: Nwapa & Other West African Women Writers; Nwapa's Eponym Depiction in Efuru versus Mariama Ba's Portrayal of Ramatoulaye and Aissatou in So Long a Letter; Leila Abouzeid: Pioneer Moroccan Woman Writer in Arabic Background; Family, Education, Gender Perceptions and Islamic/Feminist Activism; Description of the Author's Work; PART SIX: Reflection on Arts and Women's Activism The Role of the Writer as an Activist and Promoter of Social ChangeDiscussion & Essay Questions; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five (A); Part Five (B); Endnotes; Bibliography; Further Readings on Female Circumcision, and Other African Women Writers; Index; Back Cover How do we resolve the insider/outsider interpreting conundrum? Why do readers from different parts of the world read, interpret, or understand foreign literatures the way they do? What drives peculiar critical reactions, canon formations and such issues which determine the survival of cultural productions or their continued adoption as useful bolsters for a people's self-definition or indeed self-preservation and self-determination? African Literature: Gender Discourse, Religious Values, and the African Worldview offers a series of fresh insights into most of the old ""problematics"" which use. African literature -- History and criticism. African literature. Literature and society -- Africa. African literature Criticism and interpretation. African literature Women authors Criticism and interpretation. Igbo (African people) Social life and customs. Religion in literature History and criticism. Women authors, African Criticism and interpretation. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Electronic books. Electronic books. Click here to view book http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1399128 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=643877 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1399128 YBP Library Services YANK 11148919 EBSCOhost EBSC 643877 cpp6067 02 N$T 53966 53966