Thesis
Mothers of Africa
- Alternative title:
- representations of nation and gender in post-colonial African literature
- Abstract:
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A protean doctrine, claiming cultural pride and demanding self-expression for those who espouse it, nationalism yet casts its defining symbols and reserves its privileges and powers according to gendered criteria. Nationalism, if seen as symbolically constructed, may be interpreted as a gendered discourse in which subjects in history and also in literature are assumed to be male. Especially in the Manichean worlds of colonial and newly post-colonial societies, nationalist narratives - suc...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1991
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:604788681
- Source identifiers:
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- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Boehmer, Elleke Deirdre
- Copyright date:
- 1991
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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