Colonialism and Gender Relations from Mary Wollstonecraft to Jamaica Kincaid: East Caribbean Connections
By (author): "Moira Ferguson"
Publish Date:
1993
ISBN0231082231
ISBN139780231082235
AsinColonialism and Gender Relations from Mary Wollstonecraft to Jamaica Kincaid: East Caribbean Connections
Original titleColonialism and Gender From Mary Wollstonecraft to Jamaica Kincaid
Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression.