South African Feminisms: Writing, Theory, and Criticism,l990-l994

by M.J. Daymond (Editor)

Overview

This is the first collection of feminist critical essays by and about women in South Africa to appear outside of that country. Many of the pieces were written after February 1990, when President de Klerk lifted the ban on black political organizations. The recognition that a just society cannot be achieved without freedom from gender oppression as well as racial oppression informs these essays and has a direct bearing on the creation of a new society in South Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134820337
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/13/2013
Series:	Gender and Genre in Literature
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	392
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

M.J. Daymond

Table of Contents

Part 1 Theory and Context; Chapter 1 Feminism(s) and Writing in English in South Africa, Cecily Lockett; Chapter 2 Who Theorizes?, Sisi Maqagi; Chapter 3 The Future of South African Feminism, Pamela Ryan; Chapter 4 Writing Feminism/Theoretical Inscriptions in South Africa, Jenny de Reuck; Chapter 5 To Hear the Variety of Discourses, Zoë Wicomb; Chapter 6 The Authority of Experience or the Tyranny of Discourse, David Schalkwyk; Chapter 7 French Feminism in a South African Frame?, Jill Arnott; Chapter 8 The Politics of Feminism in South Africa, Desiree Lewis; Part 2 Reading, Writing, and Criticism; Chapter 9 Workshop on Black Women's Writing and Reading, Boitumelo Mofokeng, Thandi Moses, Sanna Naidoo, Lebohang Sikwe, Veni Soobrayan, Nomble Tokwe, M.J. Daymond, Margaret Lenta; Chapter 10 The Space Between Frames, Judith Lütge Coullie; Chapter 11 Nazarite Women, Religious Narrative and the Construction of Cultural Truth and Power, Carol Muller; Chapter 12 The Art of the Possible, Margaret Lenta; Chapter 13 Pauline Smith and the Crisis of Daughterhood, Dorothy Driver; Chapter 14 Metonymies of Colonialism in Four Handsome Negresses by Ethelreda Lewis, Wendy Woodward; Chapter 15 Inventing Gendered Traditions, M.J. Daymond; Chapter 16 Ruth Miller, Joan Metelerkamp; Chapter 17 A Poet's Commitment, P.P. van der Merwe; Chapter 18 Gordimer's Leap into the 90s, Karen Lazar; Chapter 19 A Correspondence without Theory, Brenda Bosman; Chapter 20 Now Is the Time for Feminist Criticism, Carol Steinberg; Chapter 21 The South African Literary Establishment and the Textual Production of ‘Woman’, Josephine Dodd;

Editorial Reviews

A collection of feminist critical essays by South African women, many written after the lifting of the organizational ban in 1990, document the realization that a just society cannot be created without freedom from gender oppression. Against a backdrop of political and social change, the 21 contributors display a plurality of feminism addressing questions toward what constitutes a legitimate discourse in their particular social circumstance, analyzing writers among themselves to perhaps find some answers to those questions. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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