The image of women in selected Tsonga novels

• Main Author: Mathye, Hlamalani Ruth
• Other Authors: Mathumba, D. I.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Images of women; Tsonga culture; Patriarchy; Nuclear family; Feminist theory; Feminism; Black feminism; Womanism; Sex and gender; Sex-roles; Stereotype; Androgyny; 896.397832; Feminism and literature; Sex role in literature; Sex role > South Africa; Women in literature > South Africa; Tsonga fiction
• Online Access: Mathye, Hlamalani Ruth (2003) The image of women in selected Tsonga novels, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2135>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2135

This dissertation is a critical examination of selected Tsonga novels by male and female writers. Positive and negative images of women by these authors are analysed, compared and evaluated from a feminist perspective. Emphasis is laid on the manner in which Tsonga writers portray female characters in a changing society and the extent to which the images of women in this literature represent the present day woman. Adherence to ideological, cultural and traditional values as well as the differences in portrayal of women by male and female writers is also investigated. Through a comparison of novels written by male and female writers it is established that because of patriarchy these writers differ markedly in their portrayal of female characters. In all the novels analysed, the sociol-cultural context influences the way in which these writers portray female characters. Male writers promote traditional values which female writers strive to discard by portraying female characters who predominantly undermine stereotypical cultural sex-roles. === African languages === M.A. (African languages)