Models in the construction of female identity in Nigerian postcolonial literature

Gendered identity in Africa has for centuries been a hotbed of ideological and narrative contestations. While colonial constructions of the African female were generally essentialist and negative in character, early postcolonial African literature also ironically deployed essentialisms and rigid ge...

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Main Authors: Omotayo Oloruntoba-Oju, Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2017-03-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1888