Polyphonic Disconcert around Polygyny. Riwan ou Le Chemin de Sable by Ken Bugul (Senegal) and Niketche. A Story of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane (Mozambique)

This article intends to offer a feminist reading of two novels written by African women on the subject of polygyny.  Other novels will be drawn into the discussion, in order to demonstrate how polyphony as an aesthetical strategy corresponds to a political intention of making as many voices of women...

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Main Author: Martins, Catarina (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/88434
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/88434