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Writing woman, writing place : contemporary Australian and South African fiction  Cover Image E-book E-book

Writing woman, writing place : contemporary Australian and South African fiction

Kossew, Sue. (Author).

Summary: This book analyses the ways in which contemporary women writers in the two 'settler' colonies of Australia and South Africa explore notions of self, identity and place in their fiction.

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  • ISBN: 9780203380680
  • ISBN: 0203380681
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 202 pages).
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  • Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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General Note:
CatMonthString:january.19
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: place, space and gender; Contemporary Australian fiction; Introduction: post-bicentennial perspectives; The violence of representation: rewriting 'The Drover's Wife'; 'Gone bush': refiguring women and the bush; Another country: the 'terrible darkness' of country towns; Learning to belong: nation and reconciliation; Contemporary South African fiction; Introduction: new subjectivities; 'A white woman's words': the politics of representation and commitment; Rewriting the farm novel; Revisioning history.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions: NLC students and staff only.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Women and literature -- South Africa
South African fiction (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Comparative literature -- South African and Australian
Comparative literature -- Australian and South African
Women -- Australia -- Intellectual life
Australian fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Women -- Intellectual life
Women and literature -- Australia
Women -- South Africa -- Intellectual life
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
South African fiction (English) -- Women authors
Women and literature
Australian fiction -- Women authors
Genre: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.

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