The Nation Writ Small: African Fictions and Feminisms, 1958-1988

by Susan Z. Andrade and Norman Hampson

In The Nation Writ Small , Susan Z. Andrade focuses on the work of Africa's first post-independence generation of novelists, explaining why male writers came to be seen as the voice of Africa's new nation-states, and why African women writers' commentary on national politics was overlooked. Since Africa's early female novelists tended to write about the family, while male authors often explicitly addressed national politics, it was assumed that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349213
• ISBN13: 9780822349211
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"