Open AccessZahod v Afriki in afričanke na zahodu – identitetna potovanja in migracije junakinj v literaturi afriških pisateljic
Author(s) -
Nataša Hrastnik
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ars and humanitas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2350-4218
pISSN - 1854-9632
DOI - 10.4312/ah.3.1-2.110-132
Subject(s) - colonialism , identity (music) , gender studies , face (sociological concept) , post colonialism , value (mathematics) , urbanization , sociology , geography , ethnology , humanities , history , art , social science , aesthetics , economic growth , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , economics
In the works of African women writers, Africa is seen in the grip of change – through the combined eff ects of colonialism and post-colonialism, the growth of urbanization, the redefi ning of traditional culture, and the blending of the traditional and the modern. Th e ideas of transition and transformation, the blending of old and new values, the increasing disintegration of traditional culture, and uncritical adoption of western values all frequently underpin the plots and themes of African women writers’ literature. One of the main points of convergence between their various works is a critique of the West as well as of western values and the western way of life, which have taken root in Africa and now pervade all areas of life. These writers use literature as means of bringing to the fore the diffi culties that they face and as a means of exploring African women’s identity in a time of changing values, in the interplay between the post-colonial and traditional systems