Bessie Head and the Trauma of Exile: Identity and Alienation in Southern African Fiction, 1st Edition – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Bessie Head and the Trauma of Exile: Identity and Alienation in Southern African Fiction
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9780367723293
ISBN-10: 0367723298
Addition ISBN: 9781003154402, 9780367710286, 9781000398618, 1000398633, 9781000398632
Author(s): Joshua Agbo, Publisher: Routledge, Copyright: 2021
This book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head’s novels and short fiction. An exile herself, arriving in Botswana as a South African refugee, Bessie Head’s fiction serves as an important example of African exile literature. This book argues that Head’s characters are driven to exile as a result of their socio- political ambivalence while still in South Africa, and that this sense of discomfort follows them to their new lives. Investigating themes of trauma and identity politics across colonial and post- colonial contexts, this book also addresses the important theme of black- on- black prejudice and hostility which is often overlooked in studies of Head’s work. Covering Head’s shorter fiction as well as her major novels When Rain Clouds Gather (1969), Maru (1971), A Question of Power (1973), Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind (1981), and A Bewitched Crossroads: An African Saga (1984), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and postcolonial history.