Less Than One and Double

Scorning those who feel obliged to apologize for applying western feminism to African literature on the basis that it perpetuates cultural imperialism, Harrow (English, Michigan State U.) uses a branch of thought that is associated with French feminists and is situated within the sphere of psychoanalytical criticism to lend insight into works of the first wave of African feminist writers such as Ama Ata Aidoo and Safi Faye, and the second wave represented by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Calixthe Beyala, Veronique Tadjo, Tanella Boni, and others. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.