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04076aam a2200517 i 4500 001 1FDDC6B078F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 190828t20202020nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019038494 020 $a 0367136538 020 $a 9780367136536 020 $a 036713652X 020 $a 9780367136529 035 $a (OCoLC)1119127628 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d L2U $d EAU $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ $a f------ 050 00 $a PR9340.5 $b .K35 2020 082 00 $a 820.9/9287096 $2 23 100 1 $a Kalu, Anthonia C., $e author. 245 10 $a Women, literature and development in Africa / $c Anthonia C. Kalu. 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2020. 300 $a 204 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Rethinking development 520 $a "This book is a powerful exploration of the role of women in the evolution of African thinking and narratives on development, from the precolonial period right through to the modern day. Whilst the book identifies women's oppression and marginalization as significant challenges to contemporary Africa's advancement, it also explores how new written narratives draw on traditional African knowledge systems to bring deep-rooted and sometimes radical approaches to progress. The book asserts that Africans must tell their own stories, expressed through the complex meanings and nuances of African languages, and often conveyed through oral traditions and storytelling, in which women play an important role. The book's close examination of language and meaning in the African narrative tradition advances the illumination and elevation of African storytelling as part of a viable and valid knowledge base in its own right, rather than as an extension of European paradigms and methods. Anthonia Kalu's new edition of this important book, fully revised throughout, will also include fresh analysis of the role of digital media, education and religion in African narratives. At a time when the prominence and participation of African women in development and socio-political debates is growing, this book's exploration of their lived experiences and narrative contribution will be of interest to students of African literature, gender studies, development, history, and sociology"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-197) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The African Woman and African Literary Criticism -- African Literary Theory and Research -- Paradigms of Tradition and Modernity: (Re)Centering Women in African Literature -- Nwanyibuife: Women and the Social Construction of Gender in African Development -- Language and Development in Africa -- Ala: Gendered Space and Development in Africa -- Women, Narrative Traditions and African Religious Thought -- Women, Education and the African Narrative. 650 0 $a African literature (English) $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Women and literature $z Developing countries. 650 0 $a Women and literature $z Africa. 650 0 $a Women in economic development $z Africa. 650 7 $a African literature (English) $x Women authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01424465 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Women and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177093 650 7 $a Women in economic development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177881 651 0 $a Developing countries $x In literature. 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 651 7 $a Developing countries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242969 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kalu, Anthonia C., $t Women, literature and development in.Africa $b 2. $d Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. $z 9780429027796 $w (DLC) 2019038495 830 0 $a Rethinking development. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032916.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1FDDC6B078F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search