Problems of representation and representativeness in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's fiction

Using a nexus of discourse theory, the French Feminism of Helene Cixous and the deconstructive Marxist Feminism of Gayatri Spivak, this work examines the production of the sign 'woman' in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's fiction. I locate Ngugi's semiotics of the feminine in the conflict...

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Main Author: Nicholls, Brendon Lindley
Other Authors: Fincham, Gail
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18706