2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Stories of HIV and AIDS Written by Grassroots Women in Africa
| Project/Area Number |
22520366
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
OIKE MACHIKO 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 准教授 (90313395)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | アフリカ文学 |
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| Research Abstract |
The project analyzed the texts which African grassroots women write as a part of social movement of HIV and AIDS in Africa, and examined how they understand their living with HIV and how they transform themselves and people around them through writing.
First, in terms of their life stories written by activists and journalists, the gap between the narrator and the writer often precludes their voices from being heard. The creative non-fiction, which allows the writer to create a story based on the narrative, proved to be an effective way of representation. Second, in terms of the life stories written by the grassroots women themselves, the memory book, in which a mother writes for her child her history, the family background, and the stories of the child, proved to be an effective tool to support the family to survive with HIV.
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