The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo

¸±±êÌâ: Polylectics and Reading against Neocolonialism

ISBN: 9780813012773

³ö°æÉç: University Press of Florida

³ö°æÄê: 1994-03-28

Ò³Êý: 216

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Written by a fellow Ghanaian, this book examines the strengths of Aidoo's work and the evolution of her concerns as an artist and an activist from a perspective the author terms "polylectic" criticism--a "reading against neocolonialism." While challenging Western reading habits, Odamtten's approach corrects earlier misreadings of Aidoo's works by fusing the strands of gender, history, ideology, and literary convention.