African Mythology, Femininity, and Maternity

Ismahan Soukeyna Diop, PhD, is a teacher-researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University. She has worked and written on the topic of women, femininity, and maternity. Her research and practice are focused on the integration of tales in psychotherapy.

• Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Feminine Figures in African Mythology.- Chapter 3: Symbolic References to the feminine body.- Chapter 4: Correspondences with tales from Europe and Middle East.- Chapter 5: Impact on women's social status.- Chapter 6: Women in the contemporaryAfrican literature.- Chapter 7: Clinical representation of femininity and maternity in the mother-daughter relationship: Analysis of clinical cases.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.