Title: Sign and taboo : perspectives on the poetic fiction of Yvonne Vera
Abstract:Introduction - I LANGUAGE, VOICE & PRESENCE Language, voice & presence in Under the Tongue & Without a Name by K.Z. Muchemwa - 'A river in my mouth': writing the voice in Under the Tongue by M. Samuel...Introduction - I LANGUAGE, VOICE & PRESENCE Language, voice & presence in Under the Tongue & Without a Name by K.Z. Muchemwa - 'A river in my mouth': writing the voice in Under the Tongue by M. Samuelson - The habit of assigning meaning: signs of Yvonne Vera's world by C. Martin Shaw II LANGUAGE, TECHNIQUE & IMAGERY Imaginary snapshots: cinematic techniques in the writing of Yvonne Vera by J. Bryce - The voice of cloth: interior dialogues & exterior skins by J. Hemmings - Language, kwela music & modernity in Butterfly Burning by L. Attree III BODY POLITICS, MEMORY & BELONGING A woman speaks of rivers: generation & sexuality in Yvonne Vera's novels by C. Martin Shaw - Remembering the body: rape & recovery in Without a Name & Under the Tongue by M. Samuelson - Iron butterflies: notes on Butterfly Burning by R. Primorac - Without a Name: reclaiming that which has been taken by R. Lavelle IV SPIRIT POSSESSION & RESISTANCE The si(gh)te of the dead body: dystopia as resistance in Without a Name by R. Muponde - Spirit possession & the paradox of post-colonial resistance in Nehanda by M.T. Vambe V HISTORY, FICTION & THE COLONIAL SPACE Remapping the colonial space: Nehanda by K. Mangwanda - History, gender & the problem of representation in the novels of Yvonne Vera by N. Wilson-Tagoe - A comparative analysis of Solomon Mutswairo & Yvonne Vera's handling of the legend of Nehanda by E. Chiwome - Between the pause & the waiting: the struggle against time in Butterfly Burning by V.B. Lunga - History has its ceiling: the pressures of the past in The Stone Virgins by T. Ranger - Appendix: Interview with Yvonne Vera by J. BryceRead More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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