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Women's Literature in Kenya and Uganda : The Trouble with Modernity /

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For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite , the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inq...

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Main Author: Krüger, Marie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Literature.
African Culture.
African Languages.
African Literature.
Gender Studies.
Non-Western Philosophy.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
African languages.
African literature.
Ethnology > Africa.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Philosophy, Asian.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite , the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 262 pages 1 illustrations)
ISBN:9780230116412
DOI:10.1057/9780230116412