African Pasts, Presents, and Futures

African Pasts, Presents, and Futures: Generational Shifts in African Women's Literature, Film, and Internet Discourse, by Touria Khannous, critically reevaluates assumptions in liberal feminist theory, which has examined African women primarily in terms of their object status rather than as agents effecting change. By analyzing forces of marginalization, subordination and empowerment, the book carves out arenas for African women within feminist theory and creates spaces for the recognition of their place in national and global politics.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsTheoretical IntroductionPart I: Negotiating Colonial and National PoliticsChapter 1 Algerian Women in the Public Sphere: Remaking / Her / Story in Assia Djebar¿s Film La Nouba des Femmes du Mont ChenouaChapter 2 Ama Ata Aidoös Modernism and the Politics of PostcolonialismChapter 3 Rewriting Power: Bessie Head¿s Revolutionary PoliticsPart II: Postcolonial InjusticesChapter 4 National Reconciliation through Narrative: Malika Oufkir¿s Stolen LivesChapter 5 National Violence and Male Crisis Discourse in Yvonne Veräs The StoneVirginsChapter 6 Political Satire in Tess Onuweme¿s Play No VacancyPart III: Reflections on Islam, Identity and GenderChapter 7 Islam, Gender and Identity in Leila Abouzeid¿s The Last Chapter: A Postcolonial CritiqueChapter 8 Strategies of Representation and Post/colonial Identity in Farida Benlyazid¿sDoor to the Sky and Moufida Tlatli¿s Silences of the PalaceChapter 9 Islam, Youth and the Global: Leila Merrakshi¿s Controversial Film MarockPart IV: Internet Discourse and Women as Agents of ChangeChapter 10 Debating Islam, Gender and the Arab Spring: Moroccan and Tunisian Women¿s CyberspaceConclusionBibliography/Filmography