Research Catalog

Title

Female empowerment and dramatic creativity in Nigeria / Mabel Evwierhoma.

Author

Evwierhoma, Mabel I. E.

Publication

Ibadan, Nigeria : Caltop Publications, 2002.

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Description

249 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"[This book] is a research effort by the author, originally as "Ideology, power and powerlessness in female creativity", using Tess Onwueme's plays as a case study. An original and very insightful study, it throws light on female creativity within the sociological matrix of contemporary Africa. The analysis is done with the ideological framework of feminism and womanism with the aim of arousing female consciousness to be more alive to the societal biases that deny them their dignity and womanhood. [This work] is part of a corpus of the on-going battle by female writers and critics to narrow the gap of male dominance in dramatic creativity and appreciation in Africa."--P. [4] of cover.

Alternative Title

Female empowerment & dramatic creativity in Nigeria

Subject

• Feminism and literature > Nigeria
• Feminist drama > History and criticism
• Nigerian drama > History and criticism
• Onwueme, Osonye Tess > Criticism and interpretation
• Women and literature > Nigeria
• Women in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-249) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Female creativity and woman-centered ideolgy [sic]: an overview --Female characterization in drama: trends and development -- The social context of African female creativity -- Ideology and community in female creativity: a focus on the drama of Tess on Wueme -- The ideology of power and powerlessness as portrayed in Tess Onwueme's female character.

ISBN

9783644270

LCCN

^^2004352900

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library