Colonialism and Gender Relations from Mary Wollstonecraft to Jamaica Kincaid East Caribbean Connections |
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| Author:
| Ferguson, Moira |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-08223-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1994 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression.
Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression.