Postnational feminisms postcolonial identities and cosmopolitanism in the works of Kamala Markandaya, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ama Ata Aidoo, and Anita Desai / [electronic resource] :
Hena Ahmad.
- New York : Peter Lang, c2010.
- 148 p.
- American university studies. Series XXVII, Feminist studies, v. 8 1042-5985 ; .
- American university studies. Series XXVII, Feminist studies ; v. 8. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Postcolonial third world feminism and the postnational -- Woman, nation and culture in Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a sieve -- Resisting the colonial and the patriarchal in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous conditions -- Third world feminism and the nation in Anita Desai's Clear light of day -- Modes of resistance in Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-2004. Nectar in a sieve. Dangarembga, Tsitsi. Nervous conditions. Desai, Anita, 1937- Clear light of day. Aidoo, Ama Ata, 1942- Changes.
Commonwealth fiction (English)--Women authors--History and criticism. Feminism in literature. Postcolonialism in literature. Cosmopolitanism in literature. Women--Identity.--Commonwealth countries Nationalism in literature. Feminism and literature--Commonwealth countries.