Stories of Women: Gender and Narrative in the Postcolonial Nation Contributor(s): Boehmer, Elleke (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719068789 ISBN-13: 9780719068782 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $80.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Elleke Boehmer's work on the crucial intersections between independence, nationalism and gender has already proved canonical in the field. This book combines her keynote essays on the mother figure and the postcolonial nation, with incisive new work on male autobiography, "daughter" writers, the colonial body, the trauma of the post-colony, and the nation in a transnational context. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist |
Dewey: 809.933 |
Physical Information: 256 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |