Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982

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dc.contributor.advisorSole, Kelwynen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGqola, Pumla Dineoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T07:21:03Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T07:21:03Z
dc.date.issued1999en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the dominant images of Black women presented in the first five years of Staffrider magazine. It limits itself mainly to the analysis of short stories written in the English language. Since most of the contributors were men, many of the stories analysed here are by male Writers. A few poems by Black women have been analysed in addition to the short stories. The thesis focuses on and answers the question of whether 'positive' characterisation of Black people, seen as central to Black Consciousness writing, includes women or not. The analyses take into account race, class and gender and are informed by the theories of womanism and Black feminism(s). As much of the literature shows an overt bias in favour of the ideology of Black Consciousness, the first chapter serves an introductory function. It concentrates on an examination of the ideology of Black Consciousness and an interrogation of the literature to which it gave rise. Briefly sketching the development of BC, it examines the nature of BC literature. This entails both an study of the characteristics of the literature as well as an examination of the place of Black women in Black Consciousness discourse and literature.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGqola, P. D. (1999). <i>Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGqola, Pumla Dineo. <i>"Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGqola, P. 1999. Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gqola, Pumla Dineo AB - This dissertation examines the dominant images of Black women presented in the first five years of Staffrider magazine. It limits itself mainly to the analysis of short stories written in the English language. Since most of the contributors were men, many of the stories analysed here are by male Writers. A few poems by Black women have been analysed in addition to the short stories. The thesis focuses on and answers the question of whether 'positive' characterisation of Black people, seen as central to Black Consciousness writing, includes women or not. The analyses take into account race, class and gender and are informed by the theories of womanism and Black feminism(s). As much of the literature shows an overt bias in favour of the ideology of Black Consciousness, the first chapter serves an introductory function. It concentrates on an examination of the ideology of Black Consciousness and an interrogation of the literature to which it gave rise. Briefly sketching the development of BC, it examines the nature of BC literature. This entails both an study of the characteristics of the literature as well as an examination of the place of Black women in Black Consciousness discourse and literature. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 TI - Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGqola PD. Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleBlack woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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