Bookcover of Poetics of Resistance in Afua Cooper's and Alzira Rufino's Poetry
Booktitle:
Poetics of Resistance in Afua Cooper's and Alzira Rufino's Poetry
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
(2016-03-16
)
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ISBN-13:
978-3-659-85374-6
ISBN-10:
3659853747
EAN:
9783659853746
Book language:
English
Blurb/Shorttext:
Black women in Canada and Brazil are the basis of society, which means that they are payed lower incomes and suffer from different forms of prejudice in society. Jamaican-born, living in Canada for many years, Afua Cooper, and Brazilian Alzira Rufino are two women whose activism put in discussion ideas that support those discourses. In my work I point out the "turning point" attitude as fundamental for those cultural practices to be reviewed. With "turning point" I mean the decision a woman makes to change the course of her life after reflecting on it. Many woman reflect on their condition, but not so many have the courage to make the change.