Women Writers of Gabon (eBook)

Literature and Herstory

Cheryl Toman (Autor)

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2016
170 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3721-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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Women Writers of Gabon: Literature and Herstory demonstrates how the invisibility of women (historically, politically, cross-culturally, etc.) has led to the omission of Gabon's literature from the African canon, but it also discusses in depth the unique elements of Gabonese women's writing that show it is worthy of critical recognition and that prove why Gabonese women writers must be considered a major force in African literature. This book is the only book-length critical study of Gabonese literature that exists in English and although there are titles in French that provide analyses of the works of Gabonese women writers, no one work is comprehensive nor is the history of women's writing in Gabon considered in the such a manner. Throughout the various chapters, the book explores, among other things, contributions that are unique to Gabonese women writers such as: definitions of African feminisms as they pertain to Gabonese society, the rewriting of oral histories, rituals, and traditions of the Fang ethnic group, one of the first introductions of same-sex couples in African Francophone literature, discussions on the impact of witchcraft on development, and the appropriating of the epic poetry known as the mvet by women writers. The chapters explore works by all major voices in Gabonese women's writing including Angele Rawiri, Justine Mintsa, Sylvie Ntsame, Honorine Ngou, and Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa and the book concludes with brief introductions of a younger generation of Gabonese women writers such as Edna Merey-Apinda, Alice Endamne, Nadia Origo, Miryl Eteno, and Elisabeth Aworet among others.

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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2016
• Reihe/Serie: After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: African feminism • Angele Rawiri • Edna Merey-Apinda • Gabon literature • Gabon Novel • Gabon women • Gabon women writers • Justine Mintsa • Mvet • Oral literature
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-3721-9 / 1498537219
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-3721-6 / 9781498537216