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Women in African Colonial Histories
While recognising the inherent violence and brutality of the colonial encounter, the essays in this anthology show that African women were not simply the hapless victims of European political rule.
Forever And A Day
Lynette, Charmaine and Gwen all worked in the county administrative office. Everyone thought Lynette had it all. She never thought about herself, she’d become everybody’s pleasure unit. Gwen was the only daughter of a widow who lived her life for the church. She knew her lot in life was to be an obedient wife and daughter, that is, before she is told a secret that shatters her whole world. Charmaine was the girl who just wanted to have fun. She has allowed people to think the worst of her to save the reputation of her lover. Two of the three gets what she wants out of life. The third has to follow a journey of discovery about herself and the people she cares about most.
The Devil's Laughter
Something funny’s going on in Louisiana’s backwoods . . . Someone in LaGrange has stirred up something truly evil. From beyond, demonic messengers emerge out of the fires of Hell itself, to ignite an orgy of chaos, murder, and bloody destruction. But the Devil was the only one laughing . . . Town veterinarian Link Donovan (former CIA) and Sheriff Ray Ingalls have grave premonitions that the ungodly laughter they heard echoing through the woods meant this was only the beginning. Once they root out the rich folk whose meddling released the minions of Satan, they recruit a band of God-fearing locals like themselves ready to battle—and obliterate—whatever face of evil dares to cross their paths.
Rites of Passage in Postcolonial Women's Writing
This volume brings a variety of new approaches and contexts to modern and contemporary women’s writing. Contributors include both new and well-established scholars from Europe, Australia, the USA, and the Caribbean. Their essays draw on, adapt, and challenge anthropological perspectives on rites of passage derived from the work of Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner. Collectively, the essays suggest that women’s writing and women’s experiences from diverse cultures go beyond any straightforward notion of a threefold structure of separation, transition, and incorporation. Some essays include discussion of traditional rites of passage such as birth, motherhood, marriage, death, and berea...
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The West and Beyond
The West and Beyond evaluates and appraises the state ofWestern Canadian history, acknowledging and assessing the contributionsof historians of the past and present while showcasing the researchinterests of a new generation of scholars. It charts new directions forthe future and stimulates further interrogations of our past. This collection encourages dialogue among the generations ofhistorians of the West and among practitioners of diverse approaches tothe past. It also reflects a broad range of disciplinary andprofessional boundaries, suggesting a number of different ways tounderstand the west.
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Critical Essays on Bessie Head
Scholars of English literature examine the work of Head (1937- 86), whose fictional and autobiographical writings were shaped by her exile from South African apartheid. Among the topics are agriculture and healing, writing after the end of romance, reclaiming language through the permanent revolution of language, and the didactic judgement of a women writer. Only names and titles are indexed. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
