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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Imagined South AfricaPublication details: Pretoria [South Africa] : University of South Africa Press ; Leiden [Netherlands] : Koninklijke Brill, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 385 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781868882960 (pbk.)
  • 1868882969 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR 9358.2 .I54 G63 2008
Contents:
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.
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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.

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