Samuelson, Meg.

Remembering the nation, dismembering women? : stories of the Sout h African transition / Meg Samuelson. - Scottsville, South Africa : University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2007. - ix, 272 p. ; 23 cm.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Doctoral) -- University of Capetown, 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index.

Rememberings and dismemberings : female subjects of a nation in tran sition -- Krotoa-Eva : translator, traitor, 'rainbow' mother -- Nongqaw use : national time and (female) authorship -- Sarah Bartmann : re-cast and re-covered -- Unspeakable acts (un)spoken : disfigured bodies in D avid's story and Disgrace -- The mother-witness : Mother to mother, Blo odlines 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.

9781869141202 (pbk.)

2007-332726


South African literature (English)-- Women authors-- History and c riticism.
Politics and literature-- History--South Africa-- 20th century.
Post-apartheid era--South Africa.
Women--South Africa.
Women in literature.


South Africa-- Politics and government-- 1994-

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