Writing New H(er)stories for Francophone Women of Africa and the Caribbean
2001; University of Oklahoma; Volume: 75; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/40156312
ISSN1945-8134
Autores Tópico(s)Caribbean and African Literature and Culture
Resumoethic of the female culture ^^^^^p£iennium, the Wrk of contemporary has been one of the most francophone women authors must be consideffective psychological blocks ered as situated at the crossroads of historY and philosophy. On the historical level, womto women's open r rebellion , .L. . K, . JlU r ,, r ens , writing .L. in . Africa K, . and JlU the Caribbean r ,, was and demand for selfrarely referenced for the first half of the past determination. It has century. Women have usually had their , , , r histories written for them by J men, interjectJ also , been , a major tool , of r J J ing rarely to alter masculine depictions, male manipulation Both colonial and even/ to some extent/ post. of females. colonial historical perspectives have left Phyllis Chesler women in the lurch, with little voice and Women and Madness presence on the page.1 Philosophically, literary movements such as Nigritude,2 while promoting the revitalization (and, as some would say, the reinvention) of African thought, have left women out of the literary loop, circumscribing their selfhood within the larger, what V. Y. Mudimbe calls, African gnosis.3 How do African and Caribbean
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