Gender, Literature and Religion in AfricaCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2005 - Foreign Language Study - 92 pages Studies in literature and religion are particularly vulnerable to accusations of subjectivity and bias, because by their very nature they deal with subjectivities and people's perceptions of their own identity. In the past, on the basis of a patriarchal worldview, literature and religion were seen as value-free and neutral, and a gendered perspective was not taken into account. Today, an increasing amount of research is revealing the gendered fault-lines in works of fiction and in religious beliefs. This volume showcases the diversity and depth of research that is currently taking place on the African continent in this field. The specifically African gendered experience is brought to the fore, through the critical discussion of proverbs, oral histories, resistance, and male dominance. Gender, Literature and Religion in Africa highlights continuing gender bias, often at the level of the sub-culture. |
Contents
Chapter 1 | 12 |
Finding the NonDit in Fiction | 15 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Adam-Eve metaphor adherents African Independent Churches African women Amadi's anthropology Ardener attitude Beyala Calixthe Beyala cardinal Catholic child Christian co-wife colonial Concubine construction cultural Dar es Salaam depicted discourse East African economic example experience express feminist fictional texts folktale Ganda proverbs gender relations gender research gender studies genre grind heaven homestead human husband identity Ihuoma issues kama katika Kenya Kisumu Kiswahili leadership liberation literary lives London Luganda lullabies male dominance marginalised marriage means Mfalme Minh-ha mission missionaries mother muted group Nairobi Nomiya Luo Church non-dit novels Nyanza Nyege Ogot Omukazi oppression Opwapo oral literature Owalo paper participation patriarchy political polygamy Ponds position prostitution protagonists proverb reality relationship religion religious movement ritual roles saga Senkoro sexual Siaya District silence social society structures Tanga Tanzania traditional translation University Press village voices watu wife Wipper wives woman writing Zanzibar