Remembering the nation, dismembering women? : stories of the South African transition
by
Samuelson, Meg.
Title
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Remembering the nation, dismembering women? : stories of the South African transition
Author
:
Samuelson, Meg.
ISBN
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9781869141202
Personal Author
:
Samuelson, Meg.
Publication Information
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Scottsville, South Africa : University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2007.
Physical Description
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ix, 272 pages ; 23 cm
General Note
:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Doctoral) -- University of Capetown, 2005.
Contents
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Rememberings and dismemberings : female subjects of a nation in transition -- Krotoa-Eva : translator, traitor, 'rainbow' mother -- Nongqawuse : national time and (female) authorship -- Sarah Bartmann : re-cast and re-covered -- Unspeakable acts (un)spoken : disfigured bodies in David's story and Disgrace -- The mother-witness : Mother to mother, Bloodlines and Our generation -- (Un)homely women : 'political widowhood' in A life and The cry of Winnie Mandela -- Stories of the transition : the warp and woof.
Abstract
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Remembering the nation, dismembering women? Explores the ways in which the imaginative reconstruction of post-apartheid South Africa as 'rainbow nation' has been produced from images of women that dismember their bodies and disremember their historical presence.
Subject Term
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South African literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Politics and literature -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.
Post-apartheid era -- South Africa.
Women -- South Africa.
Women in literature.
South African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Geographic Term
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025792918 | 305.420968 M496R 2007 | 1 |