Bessie Head and the trauma of exile : identity and alienation in Southern African fiction / Joshua Agbo.
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Agbo, Joshua (författare)
- ISBN 9780367710286
- Publicerad: London : Routledge, 2021
- Engelska 228 pages
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Serie: Global Africa
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- 1: The Literature of the Oppressed -- 2: Exile, Post-coloniality, Trauma: Theories and Perspectives -- 3: The Ordeals of Crossing: From Home to Exile -- 4: The Black-on-black Prejudice -- 5: Black Power and Trauma in a Shut-in World -- 6: History through Fiction or Fiction through History? -- 7: Patriarchy and Power: Women on the Edge of the Cliff -- 8: Conclusion: Towards the Unification of Thematic Trajectories.
- "This book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head’s novels and short fiction. An exile herself, arriving in Botswana as a South African refugee, Bessie Head’s fiction serves as an important example of African exile literature. This book argues that Head’s characters are driven to exile as a result of their socio- political ambivalence while still in South Africa, and that this sense of discomfort follows them to their new lives. Investigating themes of trauma and identity politics across colonial and post- colonial contexts, this book also addresses the important theme of black- on- black prejudice and hostility which is often overlooked in studies of Head’s work. ?Covering Head’s shorter fiction as well as her major novels When Rain Clouds Gather (1969), Maru (1971), A Question of Power (1973), Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind (1981), and A Bewitched Crossroads: An African Saga (1984), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and postcolonial history."
Ämnesord
- Exile (Punishment) in literature. (LCSH)
- Identity politics in literature. (LCSH)
- Identity (Psychology) in literature. (LCSH)
Personnamn
- Head, Bessie, 1937-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Klassifikation
- 823.914 (DDC)
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