Women’s Literature in Kenya and Uganda : The Trouble with Modernity
African literature African Languages Sociology Ethnology-Africa Philosophy, Asian Literature   Gender Studies African Culture Non-Western Philosophy Postcolonial/World Literature
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2011
1st ed.
EISBN 1282993933
Kenyan and Ugandan (women's) literature: the trouble with modernity.
Promise and fraud.
Historical modernities.
The dark sides of modernity.
Mapping global modernities.
"The state of tides" and the ethics of responsibility.
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.
Promise and fraud.
Historical modernities.
The dark sides of modernity.
Mapping global modernities.
"The state of tides" and the ethics of responsibility.
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.
