Reading Awa Thiam's La parole aux Négresses through the lens of Feminisms and Hegemony of English language

Abstract In this paper, I argue that Awa Thiam’s pioneering analysis of women’s oppression that identified the interlocking systems of race, class, and sex has been ignored in mainstream Western feminism. As a result, African women, as producers of knowledge in feminism, have been seriously overloo...

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Main Author: Gertrude Mutonkoley Mianda
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Language:English
Published: Mount Saint Vincent University 2015-04-01
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Online Access:https://140.230.24.104/index.php/atlantis/article/view/1954
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description Abstract In this paper, I argue that Awa Thiam’s pioneering analysis of women’s oppression that identified the interlocking systems of race, class, and sex has been ignored in mainstream Western feminism. As a result, African women, as producers of knowledge in feminism, have been seriously overlooked. Résumé Dans cet article, je fais valoir que l’analyse d’avant-garde de l’oppression de la femme, par Awa Thiam, qui a permis de cerner les systèmes entrelacés de la race, de la classe et du sexe, a été négligée dans le féminisme occidental. Par conséquent, les femmes africaines, comme productrices de connaissances en matière de féminisme, ont été grandement oubliées.
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title Reading Awa Thiam's La parole aux Négresses through the lens of Feminisms and Hegemony of English language
title_full Reading Awa Thiam's La parole aux Négresses through the lens of Feminisms and Hegemony of English language
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title_short Reading Awa Thiam's La parole aux Négresses through the lens of Feminisms and Hegemony of English language
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