Buchi Emecheta, laughter and silence
Changes in the concepts “woman”, “wife” and “mother”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M J Daymond (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-73 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718808529852 |
| OpenAlex | W2089907276 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
As women must speak or write from within an androcentric language, the possibilities for loosening the hold of concepts imposed by and expressed in that language are important to feminists. Emecheta's novels show that the dominance of language may be subverted by the shared laughter of women or by their chosen silence
Aesthetics · Art · Laughter · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Silence · Sociology · Theology · Wife · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Gender Studies · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |