Female role models in Bukusu folktales: Education at the mother’s hearth
Folktales serve a descriptive, as well as prescriptive role, by consistently depicting societal and cultural norms. Sexist portrayals sanction the marginality of Bukusu women, particularly when these reflect prevailing gender roles and expectations. However, contests over identity and representation...
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doaj-93dc0456be6e43bf90a5540533aed1ea2021-02-18T10:11:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2016-12-013110.1080/2331186X.2016.11852381185238Female role models in Bukusu folktales: Education at the mother’s hearthNamulundah Florence0Brooklyn College, City University of New YorkFolktales serve a descriptive, as well as prescriptive role, by consistently depicting societal and cultural norms. Sexist portrayals sanction the marginality of Bukusu women, particularly when these reflect prevailing gender roles and expectations. However, contests over identity and representation are as ancient as (unwritten) history. The analysis of tales From Our Mothers’ Hearths: Bukusu Folktales and Proverbs, offers a wide range of role models for women; some of which depict female agency in exacting circumstances (Florence, N., 2005. From our Mothers’ Hearths: Bukusu Folktales and Proverbs. NJ: Africa World Pres/The Red Sea Press). Further, females as narrators, protagonists, and the primary audience act as both curator and creators of culture.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1185238kenyafolktalesgender and female agencysocial normscultural conduitscultural identityself-determined learning |
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Folktales serve a descriptive, as well as prescriptive role, by consistently depicting societal and cultural norms. Sexist portrayals sanction the marginality of Bukusu women, particularly when these reflect prevailing gender roles and expectations. However, contests over identity and representation are as ancient as (unwritten) history. The analysis of tales From Our Mothers’ Hearths: Bukusu Folktales and Proverbs, offers a wide range of role models for women; some of which depict female agency in exacting circumstances (Florence, N., 2005. From our Mothers’ Hearths: Bukusu Folktales and Proverbs. NJ: Africa World Pres/The Red Sea Press). Further, females as narrators, protagonists, and the primary audience act as both curator and creators of culture. |
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kenya folktales gender and female agency social norms cultural conduits cultural identity self-determined learning |
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