{"product_id":"gender-in-selected-african-novels-von-ikechukwu-aloysius-orjinta","title":"Gender In Selected African Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003eScientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Literature - Africa, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Brixen (none), course: Gender Studies, language: English, abstract: In its oral and written forms, literature has constantly served as one of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emajor instruments in mirroring reality and society. Literature remains a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsistent tool in the representation, comprehension and interpretation of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efields of human endeavour such as religion, class struggle, politics, human\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esituations, social conflicts and Gender relations. No wonder then, gender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelations, especially feminism has laid hold on literature as a veritable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emachinery for gender activism Men discovered the gold mine in literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equite early and for ages tapped its resources to carve a niche for the male\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egender in politics, culture and religion. At the same time the male gender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eused the resources of literature and criticism to invent prejudices,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estereotypes and superstitious beliefs and heaped them on the female gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile women laboured under this burden for ages, men were busy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eupstaging them in every field of life. Few instances have however existed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere certain female figures due to their exalted royal, military, economics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand cultic backgrounds have through individual efforts raised their heads\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabove water in their respective societies and eras. Literature has equally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecorded cases where powerful women in various races have astutely and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubtly cornered for themselves rights and priviledges which ordinary women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand even ordinary men could never dream of. Such positions were like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epersonal identity cards which neither outlived them nor were enjoyed by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eother women during and after their lifetime. These examples are today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliterature, in history and literary achieves. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640990245\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640990245","offer_id":39443010846813,"sku":"9783640990245","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/0479f79b-d9ed-44c0-9b50-39876a8b500d.jpg?v=1777869674","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/gender-in-selected-african-novels-von-ikechukwu-aloysius-orjinta","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}