'Sister outsiders' : the representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women /

Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty.

'Sister outsiders' : the representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women / Representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women Devarakshanam Govinden. - 1st ed. - Pretoria [South Africa] : Leiden [Netherlands] : University of South Africa Press ; Koninklijke Brill, c2008. - ix, 385 p. ; 24 cm. - Imagined South Africa . - Imagined South Africa. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-381) and index.

Exclusionary practices in South African literary criticism : the writings of Indian women in South Africa -- The politics of identity and of difference -- Claiming identity and selfhood -- The indentured experience : Indian women in colonial Natal -- A survey of Indian women's writing -- Reclaiming Ansuyah Singh's Behold the earth mourns -- 'A world of differences' : Zuleika M. Mayat's A treasure trove of memories -- Narratives of disablement and enablement : Jayapraga Reddy's The unending reed and On the fringe of dreamtime and other stories -- 'Simultaneity of discourse' in Agnes Sam's Jesus is Indian and other stories -- Voice and silence in the writings of Farida Karodia -- Struggle autobiography : Coolie doctor by Dr. Goonam -- Auto/biography as identity in the writings of Phyllis Naidoo -- Transgressing boundaries : the writings of Fatima Meer.

9781868882960 (pbk.) 1868882969 (pbk.)

2008435180

B0820818 bccb


South African literature (English)--East Indian authors--History and criticism.
South African literature (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.

PR 9358.2 .I54 / G63 2008
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