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. |
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Contents
Foundations of Modern African Philosophy | 21 |
Liberation and Postcolonial African Philosophy | 37 |
Community and Justice | 59 |
Truth and Reconciliation | 85 |
Orality and Icons | 109 |
Some Concluding Remarks | 135 |
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| Title | Understanding African Philosophy: A Cross-cultural Approach to Classical and Contemporary Issues Philosophy and the Human Situation Series |
| Author | Richard H. Bell |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0415939372, 9780415939379 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
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