WGS 4011 - African Women's Literature, Culture, and History

Institution:

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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Description:

The fiction of African women reveals hybrid oral and literate aesthetics and differences in the traditional, colonial, and neo-colonial political, historical, and cultural experiences of authors from different African nations. This course examines the way literature produced by African women raises pertinent questions about polygamy, nationalism vs. feminism/womanism, female genital mutilation, political power, childbearing and rearing, guerrilla warfare, and HIV/AIDS.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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