Exploring the Gendered Nature of National Violence: The Intersection of Patriarchy and Civil Conflict in Tanella Boni’s Matins de couvre-feu (Mornings Under Curfew)

Authors

Janice Spleth, West Virginia UniversityFollow

Abstract

Placed under house arrest during a period of civil conflict, the fictional narrator of Tanella Boni’s Matins de couvre-feu uses this time of enforced solitude to review her personal experiences as a woman in relationship to the instability now threatening the country. This reading of Boni’s work examines the narrator’s perspective on war in the context of feminist theories on the gendered nature of violence in order to better situate the narrative within a more extensive transnational discourse on the role of gender in the waging of war and the preservation of peace.

Recommended Citation

Spleth, Janice (2017) "Exploring the Gendered Nature of National Violence: The Intersection of Patriarchy and Civil Conflict in Tanella Boni’s Matins de couvre-feu (Mornings Under Curfew)," Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol18/iss1/6