IS THERE JOY IN MOTHERING IN COLONIALISM?: Reading Notes on “The Joys of Motherhood” by Buchi Emecheta

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https://doi.org/10.18764/2595-1033v5n12.2022.23

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Buchi Emecheta, literatura negra, gênero, colonialismo

Abstract

This review focuses on the book “As Alegrias da Maternidade” written by Buchi Emecheta in 1979, however, this work was recently translated in Brazil, by the Dublinense publisher. In this sense, the purpose of this work is to detail the work in question, since it is the author's main book and the first time that a book of hers has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese. Furthermore, the objective is to carry out a brief analysis of some elements narrated in the book, such as gender, colonialism and motherhood, and to answer the question entitled in the review: “Is there joy in mothering in colonialism?”.

Keywords: Buchi Emecheta. Literature. Gender. Colonialism.

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Author Biography

Bruna Gonçalves Ferreira, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Bruna Gonççalves Ferreira é graduanda de Licenciatura em História na Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa.

References

BUCHI EMECHETA. Biografia de Mulheres Africanas, 2021. Disponível em: https://www.ufrgs.br/africanas/buchi-emecheta-1944/. Acesso: 25 de jan. de 2022.

EMECHETA, Buchi. As Alegrias da Maternidade. Tradução de Heloísa Jahn. Porto Alegre: Dublinense, 2018.

PESAVENTO, Sandra. Jatahy. O mundo como texto: leituras da História e da Literatura. História da Educação, Pelotas, v. 7, n. 14, p. 31-47, set.2003.

OYĚWÙMÍ, Oyérónkẹ́. A Invenção das Mulheres: construindo um sentido africano para os discursos ocidentais de gênero. Tradução de wanderson flor do nascimento. Rio de Janeiro: Bazar do Tempo, 2021.

Published

2022-05-03

How to Cite

Gonçalves Ferreira, B. (2022). IS THERE JOY IN MOTHERING IN COLONIALISM?: Reading Notes on “The Joys of Motherhood” by Buchi Emecheta. Kwanissa: Revista De Estudos Africanos E Afro-Brasileiros, 5(12). https://doi.org/10.18764/2595-1033v5n12.2022.23

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