{"product_id":"african-women-writing-resistance-jennifer-browdy-de-hernandez-9780299236649","title":"African Women Writing Resistance: An Anthology of Contemporary Voices","description":"\u003ci\u003eAfrican Women Writing Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is the first transnational anthology to focus on women's strategies of resistance to the challenges they face in Africa today. The anthology brings together personal narratives, testimony, interviews, short stories, poetry, performance scripts, folktales, and lyrics. Thematically organized, it presents women's writing on such issues as intertribal and interethnic conflicts, the degradation of the environment, polygamy, domestic abuse, the controversial traditional practice of female genital cutting, Sharia law, intergenerational tensions, and emigration and exile.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors include internationally recognized authors and activists such as Wangari Maathai and Nawal El Saadawi, as well as a host of vibrant new voices from all over the African continent and from the African diaspora. Interdisciplinary in scope, this collection provides an excellent introduction to contemporary African women's literature and highlights social issues that are particular to Africa but are also of worldwide concern. It is an essential reference for students of African studies, world literature, anthropology, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, and women's studies. A\u003ci\u003e Choice \u003c\/i\u003eOutstanding Academic Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOutstanding Book, selected by the Public Library Association \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest Books for High Schools, Best Books for Special Interests, and Best Books for Professional Use, selected by the American Association of School Libraries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299236641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299236649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.38w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2010","brand":"Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149623488767,"sku":"9780299236649","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1746334-9d0a-43b9-8e12-2fb4b73544d7.jpg?v=1688457680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-women-writing-resistance-jennifer-browdy-de-hernandez-9780299236649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}