postcolonial women writers of the third world
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Katrak, Ketu H.
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 54 2006
- Thesaurus
- literatuur, schrijvers, postkolonialisme, etniciteit, sociale klasse, vrouwenlichamen, vrouwbeelden, moederschap, ontwikkelingslanden
- Description
- Through her analysis of postcolonial literary texts, including Anita Desai, Ama Ata Aidoo and Merle Hodge among others, Katrak describes the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She argues that it is common, especially for women, to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community. The reviewed writers share colonial histories, a sense of solidarity, and resistance strategies in the on-going struggles of decolonization that center on the body.