Novian Whitsitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 174025 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Novian Whitsitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Novian |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitsitt |
| SIGNATURE | WHITSITT N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reading between the Lines
Novian Whitsitt, Reading between the Lines: The Black Cultural Tradition of Masking in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2010), pp. 73-88
Hausa Women Writers Confronting the Traditional Status of Women in Modern Islamic Society
Novian Whitsitt, Hausa Women Writers Confronting the Traditional Status of Women in Modern Islamic Society: Feminist Thought in Nigerian Popular Fiction, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn, 2003), pp. 387-408
Islamic-Hausa Feminism Meets Northern Nigerian Romance
This study of contemporary Hausa literature analyzes a northern Nigerian body of popular fiction currently referred to as Kano market literature and known to Hausa speakers as Littattafan Soyayya (books of love). The popularity of this genre of romance rests firmly upon its subject matter one that has proven controversial within the conservative Muslim environment of Hausa society. On the surface the novels are preoccupied with love and marital r…
Islamic-Hausa Feminism and Kano Market Literature
In the urban areas of northern Nigeria, a burgeoning corpus of contemporary Hausa popular literature has captured the attention and concern of the entire Hausa community. The literature can be found in the cities of Kano, Zariya, Kaduna, Katsina, and Sokoto, but given that the majority of the books are written and sold in Kano, the literature's English moniker is Kano market literature. Avid readers have little difficulty in locating booksellers …
Islamic-Hausa Feminism Meets Northern Nigerian Romance
This study of contemporary Hausa literature analyzes a northern Nigerian body of popular fiction currently referred to as Kano market literature and known to Hausa speakers as Littattafan Soyayya (books of love). The popularity of this genre of romance rests firmly upon its subject matter one that has proven controversial within the conservative Muslim environment of Hausa society. On the surface the novels are preoccupied with love and marital r…
Reading between the Lines
Novian Whitsitt, Reading between the Lines: The Black Cultural Tradition of Masking in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2010), pp. 73-88
Islamic-Hausa Feminism and Kano Market Literature
In the urban areas of northern Nigeria, a burgeoning corpus of contemporary Hausa popular literature has captured the attention and concern of the entire Hausa community. The literature can be found in the cities of Kano, Zariya, Kaduna, Katsina, and Sokoto, but given that the majority of the books are written and sold in Kano, the literature's English moniker is Kano market literature. Avid readers have little difficulty in locating booksellers …
Islamic-Hausa Feminism and Kano Market Literature
In the urban areas of northern Nigeria, a burgeoning corpus of contemporary Hausa popular literature has captured the attention and concern of the entire Hausa community. The literature can be found in the cities of Kano, Zariya, Kaduna, Katsina, and Sokoto, but given that the majority of the books are written and sold in Kano, the literature's English moniker is Kano market literature. Avid readers have little difficulty in locating booksellers …
Hausa Women Writers Confronting the Traditional Status of Women in Modern Islamic Society
Novian Whitsitt, Hausa Women Writers Confronting the Traditional Status of Women in Modern Islamic Society: Feminist Thought in Nigerian Popular Fiction, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn, 2003), pp. 387-408
Islamic-Hausa Feminism Meets Northern Nigerian Romance
This study of contemporary Hausa literature analyzes a northern Nigerian body of popular fiction currently referred to as Kano market literature and known to Hausa speakers as Littattafan Soyayya (books of love). The popularity of this genre of romance rests firmly upon its subject matter one that has proven controversial within the conservative Muslim environment of Hausa society. On the surface the novels are preoccupied with love and marital r…
Reading between the Lines
Novian Whitsitt, Reading between the Lines: The Black Cultural Tradition of Masking in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2010), pp. 73-88
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Hausa (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)