Read A Question Of Power Online Bessie Head
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Download Read A Question Of Power Online Bessie Head PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Read A Question Of Power Online Bessie Head book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
A Question Of Power
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1974
A Question Of Power written by Bessie Head and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Fiction categories.
"When Elizabeth learns the devastating truth about her mother, locked away for defying Apartheid, she flees South Africa and begins a new life in Botswana, at Motabeng, the village of the rain-wind. But Elizabeth is tormented by two men, Dan and Sello, who represent for her a private vision of hell into which she sinks deeper and deeper. This novel interweaves one woman's terrifying experience of insanity with the madness and cruelty of life in a divided society. A Question of Power is the unforgettable study of an individual - and a race - whose identity has been annihilated, and their resulting struggle to endure"--Publisher's description.
The Postcolonial Novel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Richard Lane
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2006-07-21
The Postcolonial Novel written by Richard Lane and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Richard Lane explores the themes surrounding the postcolonial novel written in English.
In Conversation With Bessie Head
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Mary S. Lederer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-06-27
In Conversation With Bessie Head written by Mary S. Lederer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Conversation with Bessie Head shows how reading the novels and letters of Botswana's most influential writer, Bessie Head, fosters an ongoing conversation between reader and writer and is in fact a very personal undertaking. Each chapter tackles two parallel threads, the first regarding Mary S. Lederer's own history of reading Head-from her first purchase of Maru, through completing a Ph.D. on Head's trilogy, through living in Botswana and connecting with various aspects of Head's life, to examining how reading Head has affected her own development as a human being. This history then ties each chapter into discussion of how Head develops her own vision of the “brotherhood of man.” Alongside critically informed discussion, Head's vision is examined through the prism of specific questions. Why is madness not a useful concept for understanding Head's ideas? Why did Head say she was not a feminist, and what is the significance of “male” and “female” in her novels? What is the relationship between individual, race, and community? How can the nature of God be a clear expression of love but also an indistinct force for both good and evil? Head's novels present opportunities for personal growth, and through these “conversations” with her, we become different readers.
Maru
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1995
Maru written by Bessie Head and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Africa categories.
The moving tale of an ophaned Masarwa girl who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarises a community which does not see Masarwa people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast.
Legacies Of Departed African Women Writers
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Helen O. Chukwuma
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-08-29
Legacies Of Departed African Women Writers written by Helen O. Chukwuma and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female writers of contemporary African literature and feminist scholarship, examining the ideologies, thematic concerns, and stylistic devices which constitute the fabrics of the legacies left by these iconic pacesetters.
Bible And Bedlam
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Louise J. Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-08-23
Bible And Bedlam written by Louise J. Lawrence and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-23 with Religion categories.
Bible and Bedlam first critically questions the exclusion and stereotyping of certain biblical characters and scholars perceived as 'mad', as such judgements illustrate the 'sanism' (prejudice against individuals who are diagnosed or perceived as mentally ill) perpetuated within the discipline of Western biblical studies. Second, it seeks to highlight the widespread ideological 'gatekeeping' - 'protection' and 'policing' of madness in both western history and scholarship - with regard to celebrated biblical figures, including Jesus and Paul. Third, it initiates creative exchanges between biblical texts, interpretations and contemporary voices from 'mad' studies and sources (autobiographies, memoirs etc.), which are designed to critically disturb, disrupt and displace commonly projected (and often pejorative) assumptions surrounding 'madness'. Voices of those subject to diagnostic labelling such as autism, schizophrenia and/or psychosis are among those juxtaposed here with selected biblical interpretations and texts.
Abortion Ecologies In Southern African Fiction
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Caitlin E. Stobie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-01-12
Abortion Ecologies In Southern African Fiction written by Caitlin E. Stobie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Focusing on texts from the late 1970s to the 1990s which document both changing attitudes to terminations of pregnancy and dramatic environmental, medical, and socio-political developments during southern Africa's liberation struggles, this book examines how four writers from Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe address the ethics of abortion and reproductive choice. Viewing recent fiction through the lens of new materialist theory – which challenges conventional, individual-based notions of human rights by asserting that all matter holds agency – this book argues that southern African women writers anticipate and exceed current feminist revivals of materialist thought. Not only do the authors question contemporary discourse framing abortion as either a confirmation of a woman's 'right to choose' or an unethical termination of human life, but they challenge conventional understandings of development, growth, and time. Through close readings of both literal gestation in the selected texts and the metaphorical reproduction of the post/colonial nation, this study advances the concept of reproductive agency, creating a range of queer ecocritical alternatives to tropes such as those of 'the Mother Country', 'Mother Africa', or 'the birth of a nation'. This study situates abortion narratives by Wilma Stockenström (translated by J. M. Coetzee), Zoë Wicomb, Yvonne Vera, and Bessie Head alongside contemporary postcolonial feminist theories, melding traditional beliefs with materialist views to reconsider the future of reproductive health matters in southern Africa. Merging queer ecocritical perspectives from materialism and postcolonialism, this study will appeal to students and researchers in the medical humanities, new materialisms, and postcolonial studies.
Question Of Power
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Question Of Power written by Bessie Head and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
New Daughters Of Africa
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Various Authors
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-08-25
New Daughters Of Africa written by Various Authors and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-25 with Literary Collections categories.
Nearly three decades after her pioneering anthology, Daughters of Africa, Margaret Busby curates an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent, including Zadie Smith, Bernardine Evaristo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of African women's voices, this major international book brings together their achievements across a wealth of genres. From Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the USA, overlooked artists of the past join key figures, popular contemporaries and emerging writers in paying tribute to the heritage that unites them, the strong links that endure from generation to generation, and their common obstacles around issues of race, gender and class. Bold and insightful, brilliant in its intimacy and universality, this landmark anthology honours the talents of African daughters and the inspiring legacy that connects them-and all of us.
The Life And Work Of Bessie Head
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Life And Work Of Bessie Head written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Women and literature categories.