Gendered violence and human rights in Black world literature and film /
Gendered violence and human rights in Black world literature and film /
edited by Naomi Nkealah and Obioma Nnaemeka.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge contemporary Africa series .
This book investigates how the intersection between gendered violence and human rights is depicted and engaged with in Africana literature and films. The rich and multifarious range of film and literature emanating from Africa and the diaspora provides a fascinating lens through which we can understand the complex consequences of gendered violence on the lives of women, children and minorities. Contributors to this volume examine the many ways in which gendered violence mirrors, expresses, projects and articulates the larger phenomenon of human rights violations in Africa and the African diaspora and how, in turn, the discourse of human rights informs the ways in which we articulate, interrogate, conceptualise and interpret gendered violence in literature and film. The book also shines a light on the linguistic contradictions and ambiguities in the articulation of gendered violence in private spaces and war. This book will be essential reading for scholars, critics, feminists, teachers and students seeking solid grounding in exploring gendered violence and human rights in theory and practice.
9780429354236 0429354231 9781000367775 1000367770 9781000367768 1000367762
10.4324/9780429354236 doi
Violence in literature.
Human rights in literature.
Literature--Black authors--History and criticism.
African literature--History and criticism.
Motion pictures, African--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--Africa.
Human rights in motion pictures.
Violence in motion pictures.
Sex discrimination in literature.
Sex discrimination in motion pictures.
PN849.A35 / G46 2021 PL8010
809.896 809.8896
This book investigates how the intersection between gendered violence and human rights is depicted and engaged with in Africana literature and films. The rich and multifarious range of film and literature emanating from Africa and the diaspora provides a fascinating lens through which we can understand the complex consequences of gendered violence on the lives of women, children and minorities. Contributors to this volume examine the many ways in which gendered violence mirrors, expresses, projects and articulates the larger phenomenon of human rights violations in Africa and the African diaspora and how, in turn, the discourse of human rights informs the ways in which we articulate, interrogate, conceptualise and interpret gendered violence in literature and film. The book also shines a light on the linguistic contradictions and ambiguities in the articulation of gendered violence in private spaces and war. This book will be essential reading for scholars, critics, feminists, teachers and students seeking solid grounding in exploring gendered violence and human rights in theory and practice.
9780429354236 0429354231 9781000367775 1000367770 9781000367768 1000367762
10.4324/9780429354236 doi
Violence in literature.
Human rights in literature.
Literature--Black authors--History and criticism.
African literature--History and criticism.
Motion pictures, African--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--Africa.
Human rights in motion pictures.
Violence in motion pictures.
Sex discrimination in literature.
Sex discrimination in motion pictures.
PN849.A35 / G46 2021 PL8010
809.896 809.8896