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Kasena Women’s Proverbial Revolt

ISBN: 3843366608
ISBN 13: 9783843366601
Autor: Yitah, Helen
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Umfang: 164 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Format: 1 x 22 x 15
Gewicht: 262 g
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT
Artikelnummer: 1534360 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

In this interesting critical analysis of oral literature, in which she draws on field work, Helen Yitah discusses the place of proverbs in the social praxis of her native Ghanaian culture. She observes that the traditional tenor of proverbs is loaded with sexist implications designed to relegate women to the status of second class citizens. Adopting a feminist reading of the use of proverbs, Yitah argues that due to their subaltern position in society, womens use of proverbs is more subversive than that of their male counterparts. Yitah posits that Kasena women not only manipulate proverbs differently but also create what she calls counter proverbs that are used to draw attention to the female condition as well as challenge certain norms established by the dominant patriarchy. This is innovative work that revalorizes the place of African oral traditions in contemporary society.

Autorenporträt

Helen Yitah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English,University of Ghana. She teaches African and postcolonialliterature and her research is mainly on gender identity in oralliterature and written Ghanaian, African and American literature.She has published scholarly articles in many international peerreviewed journals.

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