Ethics and Human Rights in Anglophone African Women’s Literature

Feminist Empathy

By:

Chielozona Eze

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Hardback

Series:

Comparative Feminist Studies

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This book proposes feminist empathy as a model of interpretation in the works of contemporary Anglophone African women writers. The African woman’s body is often portrayed as having been disabled by the patriarchal and sexist structures of society. Returning to their bodies as a point of reference, rather than the postcolonial ideology of empire, contemporaryAfrican women writers demand fairness and equality. By showing how this literature deploys imaginative shifts in perspective with women experiencing unfairness, injustice, or oppression because of their gender, Chielozona Eze argues that by considering feminist empathy, discussions open up about how this literature directly addresses the systems that put them in disadvantaged positions. This book, therefore, engages a new ethical and human rights awareness in African literary and cultural discourses, highlighting the openness to reality that is compatible with African multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and increasingly cosmopolitan communities.

Author Biography:

Chielozona Eze is Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Northeastern Illinois University, USA. He has held fellowships including the UCLA Global Fellowship and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS).

Release date Australia

December 27th, 2016

Author

Chielozona Eze

Series

Comparative Feminist Studies

Pages

230

Edition

1st ed. 2016

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Illustrations

XIV, 230 p.

Dimensions

148x210x18

ISBN-13

9783319409214

Product ID

25616874

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