The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo: Polylectics and Reading against Neocolonialism

Author: VINCENT O. ODAMTTEN Price: $ 7.34 (new) $ 4.20 (used) Medium: Paperback (202 pages) Publisher: University Press of Florida 1994-03-28

Editorial Description

 Written by a fellow Ghanaian, this book examines the strengths of Aidoo's work and the evolution of her concerns as an artist and an activist from a perspective the author terms "polylectic" criticism--a "reading against neocolonialism."  While challenging Western reading habits, Odamtten's approach corrects earlier misreadings of Aidoo's works by fusing the strands of gender, history, ideology, and literary convention.