Emotions in Muslim Hausa Women's Fiction: More than Just Romance

ISBN-13: 9780367074401 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 196 str.

Umma Aliyu Musa

Opis

This book examines the emotions expressed in Hausa women’s prose fiction in northern Nigeria, showing how Hausa Muslim women writers use fiction in their indigenous language to demonstrate and express their anger about the problems they face in a patriarchal society.

Spis treści

1. Statement of the problem: Introduction

2. The Development of Hausa Female Fiction Writing in Northern Nigeria

3. Marriage

4. Strategies for Respect

5. Body Related Metaphors for Anger in Hausa

6. Love, Hausa Narratives and Modernity

7. Conclusion 

O autorze

Umma Aliyu Musa is a lecturer at the Asia and Africa Institut at Hamburg University, Germany.