Narratives of Desire: Gender and Sexuality in Bugul, Aidoo and Chiziane

Colonial narratives and nationalist rhetoric in Africa have always associated female sexuality with male desire and consumption, aberrance, or perversion. While historical narratives suggested that native women's bodies should be tamed and possessed, African nationalist narratives usually equat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Da Silva, Meyre
Other Authors: Gilman, Lisa
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13342