Understanding African Philosophy: A Cross-cultural Approach to Classical and Contemporary IssuesThis volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality. |
Contents
1 Understanding Another Culture | 1 |
2 Foundations of Modern African Philosophy | 21 |
3 Liberation and Postcolonial African Philosophy | 37 |
Community and Justice | 59 |
5 African Moral Philosophy II | 85 |
6 Narrative in African Philosophy | 109 |
7 Some Concluding Remarks | 135 |
notes | 139 |
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