Women in world religions & literatures
Subtitle: Islam, Christianity, African traditional religion, African culture, Anglophone African literature, Francophone African literature
By: Ikechukwu Orjinta
Publisher: ImPrint
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Münster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9783936536256
Subjects: Women and religion; Women and literature; Religion and literature; African literature
Description: Women in world religions & literatures is a research work that spanned over six years, covering all ramifications of womens experiences in patriarchal and matriarchal societies and organisations. Religious  organisations such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion (ATR) were treated in detail. Other world religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Oriental religious bodies were not left out. The cultures and sub cultures that we have today have been deeply influenced by these religious organisations. Hence it would be impossible to go into the world of women vis a vis that of men in a modern day gender discourse without first of all delving into patriarchy and matriarchy and their exploitation of mankind's religious sentiments. Women in Anglophone (Chinua Achebe) and Women in Francophone (Aminate Sow Fall) literatures were used as a case study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176 - 184)
Table of contents: title: 1. General introduction; title: 2. Gender discrimination in world religions; title: 3. Women in African traditional religion and culture; title: 4. Women in Achebe's novels; title: 5. Women in Aminata Sow Fall's novels.