Stories of Women: Gender and Narrative in the Postcolonial Nation

by Elleke Boehmer

Book Overview

Elleke Boehmer's work on the crucial intersections between independence, nationalism and gender has already proved canonical in the field. 'Stories of women' combines her keynote essays on the mother figure and the postcolonial nation, with incisive new work on male autobiography, 'daughter' writers, the colonial body, the trauma of the post-colony, and the nation in a transnational context. Focusing on Africa as well as South Asia, and sexuality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719068797
• ISBN13: 9780719068799
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"