Colonialism and Gender Relations from Mary Wollstonecraft to Jamaica Kincaid: East Caribbean Connections

By Moira Ferguson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231082231
• ISBN13: 9780231082235
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher