Negotiating identities in women's lives
Subtitle: English postcolonial and contemporary British novels
By: Christine Wick Sizemore.
Series: Contributions in women's studies,; no. 196
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; Literature, Comparative -- Commonwealth (English) and English; Literature, Comparative -- English and Commonwealth (English); English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Commonwealth fiction (English) -- History and criticism; Postcolonialism -- English-speaking countries; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Group identity in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1; title: 1. Girlhood Identities: The Search for Adulthood; title: in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions; title: and Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye 21; title: 2. Sexual Identities: The Search for Intimacy in Barbara; title: Burford's "The Threshing Floor" and Keri Hulme's; title: The Bone People 37; title: 3. National Identities: The Search for Place in Buchi; title: Emecheta's Kehinde and Anita Desai's Clear Light; title: of Day 59; title: 4. Social and Political Identities: The Search for Space; title: in Margaret Drabble's The Radiant Way and Nadine; title: Gordimer's None to Accompany Me 79 5. Cultural Identities: The Search for Integrity in Paule; title: Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow and Jessica; title: Anderson's Tirra Lirra by the River 107; title: 6. Facing Death: The Search for a Legacy in Joan Riley's; title: Waiting in the Twilight and Doris Lessing's The Diary; title: of a Good Neighbour 125.