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.