Autoras africanas: A favor de las mujeres

Socorro Suárez Lafuente

doi:10.18002/cg.v0i12.4856

Authors

Socorro Suárez Lafuente Universidad de Oviedo - España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/cg.v0i12.4856

Keywords:

feminisms, literature, diversity, equality, equity, empathy, convivi

Abstract

Western culture produces binaries of power that are deeply inscribed both in language and in the collective imaginarium. Subversions tend to appear in the more affluent class, as is the case with feminism, which later extend to other feminisms, equally important and vindicatory, but with fewer opportunities to become visible within a globalized world. Many women from minoritized groups have had access to education, have been able to use their creative force and have become the voice of many silent women who were not included in the successive waves of Western feminisms. Amma Darko, Bessie Head and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are but a few names at the forefront of African feminism, a movement that fights for the individual rights of women and makes them feel proud of their Africanism.

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Socorro Suárez Lafuente, Universidad de Oviedo - España

Catedrática de Filología Inglesa de la Universidad de Oviedo, imparte clases de Literatura Inglesa y de Literaturas en Lengua Inglesa. Co-fundadora del Seminario Mujeres y Literatura y del Centro de Investigaciones Feministas, que dirige el Programa de Doctorado de Estudios de la Mujer y el Máster Erasmus Mundus GEMMA. Fue Presidenta de AUDEM, Directora de la Cátedra Jovellanos y Presidenta de AEDEAN; es representante de la Filología Inglesa española en ESSE y Fellow de la English Association. Su investigación se centra en la literatura y la teoría literaria, teoría postcolonial y teoría feminista, sobre las que tiene abundantes publicaciones. Su último libro, Desasosiegos éticos en cine y literatura, en colaboración con María Donapetry, ha sido publicado en 2017.

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