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Title:Feminism and contemporary culture in South Africa
Editor:Frenkel, RonitISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:African Studies (ISSN 1469-2872)
Volume:67
Issue:1
Pages:1-138
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:gender studies
literature
popular culture
feminism
About persons:John Maxwell Coetzee (1940-)ISNI
Zoë Wicomb (1948-)ISNI
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cast20/67/1
Abstract:The idea of ambiguous positionings is central to African feminist scholarship and reflects both the position of women and feminism in South Africa today, where women are victims and oppressors, seen and unseen, included and excluded in the imbricated cultural sites that make up South Africa. In this special issue on the ambiguities and complexities of gender in South African culture, the articles are concerned more particularly with gender within the fields of literary and cultural studies. The review article by Natasha Erlank that concludes the collection reflects the current state of South African feminist scholarship in the social sciences. Contents: Displacing the voice: South African feminism and J.M. Coetzee's female narrators (Laura Wright) - On women, bodies, and nation: feminist critique and revision in Zoë Wicomb's 'David's Story' (Christa Baiada) - A self-defining universe? Case studies from the 'Special Hearings: Women' of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Barbara Russell) - The black female body as a 'consumer and a consumable' in current 'Drum' and 'True Love' magazines in South Africa (Tom Odhiambo) - Text and content: the South African case of 'Home Affairs' (a local drama shown on South African television) (Shelley-Jean Bradfield) - Oprah, the Leavisite: a caveat for feminism and women's studies in South Africa (Christopher Thurman). [ASC Leiden abstract]
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