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Representation and Resistance: South Asian and African Women's Texts at Home and in the Diaspora
Jaspal Kaur Singh
Representation and Resistance: South Asian and African Women's Texts at Home and in the Diaspora
Jaspal Kaur Singh
Focuses on the work of Western-educated African and Indian women writers resisting gender identity constructions at various points in history. This book examines colonial and national gender identity constructions in female-authored texts at 'home' and the continued deployment of and resistance to gender identity impositions in various spaces.
246 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 30, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9781552382455 |
Publishers | University of Calgary Press |
Pages | 246 |
Dimensions | 154 × 230 × 16 mm · 376 g |
Language | English |