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- Title
Mariama Barry, Ken Bugul, Calixthe Beyala, and the Politics of Female Homoeroticism in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Literature.
- Authors
ETOKE, NATHALIE
- Abstract
The emergence of African feminism and womanism has elucidated pivotal issues that African women face in a patriarchal society that undermines their existence. However, such movements reinforce the dominant presence of heterosexual standards in denying the reality of its most marginalized subset, same-sex love interactions. this article explores the relationship between culture, society, law, gender, free will, and sexuality. It unravel the strategies of writing female homoerotic desire, displaying the ingenious literary devices, adroit techniques, and skills that allow three African women writers--Mariama Barry, Ken Bugul, and Calixthe Beyala--to create a narrative space in which female sexuality is viewed through complex lenses that alternate, combine, or contradict heterosexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality.
- Subjects
LESBIAN erotic literature; AFRICAN literature (French); FEMINISM &; literature; BARRY, Mariama; BUGUL, Ken, 1947-; BEYALA, Calixthe
- Publication
Research in African Literatures, 2009, Vol 40, Issue 2, p173
- ISSN
0034-5210
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.2979/RAL.2009.40.2.173