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Explores how motherhood is interwoven with themes of survival, power, and identity in seminal novels written by South African authors in English and Afrikaans from the 1970s to 2010. Develops a transcultural approach to the study of literature and literary culture in postcolonial multilingual societies.
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Conversations of motherhood: South African women's writing across traditions
2015, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
in English
1869142888 9781869142889
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Translocating traditions : women's writing, motherhood and the politics of reading South African literatures
South African women's writing and (post)colonial imaginaries of motherhood
The relations of outsideness : black mothers/white authors in Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena and Die Kremetartekspedisie
The posers of (co)authoring : ambiguities of 'mother/child-making' in Mother to mother and Agaat
Transformations in the 'great time' : daughters writing 'back' and 'forward' in You can't get lost in Cape Town and A daughter's legacy
Shared events of being : mothers/daughters of the (trans)nation in Call me woman and A change of tongue
Conclusion: Altering genealogies : transcultural perspectives on South African women's writing.
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Includes bibliography references (pages 293-307) and index.
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