Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head

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dc.contributor.advisorDriver, Dorothyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Desireeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-01T12:27:56Z
dc.date.available2015-01-01T12:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 258-270.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBessie Head's writing illustrates a rich fusion of styles, subjects and philosophical and literary influences. I explore this range by drawing both on postcolonial and feminist theories and on the variety of cultural references that Head acknowledges and that her writing evokes. Postcolonial perspectives are used to confront Head's attention to the discursive foundations of social fictions, relations and identities. Postcolonial theories also shed light on the figurative resonance of Head's writing. Her fictional insights into power are extremely concrete, but also fathom many fundamental and enduring patterns of power and subject constitution.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLewis, D. (2000). <i>Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10820en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLewis, Desiree. <i>"Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10820en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLewis, D. 2000. Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lewis, Desiree AB - Bessie Head's writing illustrates a rich fusion of styles, subjects and philosophical and literary influences. I explore this range by drawing both on postcolonial and feminist theories and on the variety of cultural references that Head acknowledges and that her writing evokes. Postcolonial perspectives are used to confront Head's attention to the discursive foundations of social fictions, relations and identities. Postcolonial theories also shed light on the figurative resonance of Head's writing. Her fictional insights into power are extremely concrete, but also fathom many fundamental and enduring patterns of power and subject constitution. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head TI - Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10820 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10820
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLewis D. Living on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Head. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10820en_ZA
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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.titleLiving on an horizon : the writings of Bessie Headen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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