| Battleground Bodies: Gender and Sexuality in Mozambican Literature Contributor(s): De Medeiros, Paulo (Other), Pazos-Alonso, Cláudia (Other), Jones, Eleanor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1787073173 ISBN-13: 9781787073173 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $73.31 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 869.099 |
| LCCN: 2017934184 |
| Series: Reconfiguring Identities in the Portuguese-Speaking World |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Southern Africa - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first book to provide a comparative exploration of the gendered and sexual body in Mozambican literature, engaging with the work of six authors spanning different generations, styles and aesthetics. The study begins by providing a detailed and innovative survey of the dynamics of gender, sexuality and power in the Portuguese colonial and Mozambican post-independence contexts, from the nineteenth century to the turn of the millennium. This initial investigation provides the sociohistorical backdrop for in-depth analyses of representations, uses and subversions of the body in poetry and prose fiction by Jos Craveirinha, No mia de Sousa, L lia Mompl , Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Paulina Chiziane and Suleiman Cassamo. Using a wide and interdisciplinary range of theoretical frameworks, the book offers a fresh and creative new perspective on Mozambican history, political life and literary output. |