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Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982
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 Wri...
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| author | Gqola, Pumla Dineo |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/19249 Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 Gqola, Pumla Dineo Sole, Kelwyn English Language and Literature 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. 2016-04-28T07:21:03Z 2016-04-28T07:21:03Z 1999 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | English Language and Literature Gqola, Pumla Dineo Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 |
| title_full | Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 |
| title_fullStr | Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 |
| title_short | Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982 |
| title_sort | black woman you are on your own images of black women in staffrider short stories 1978 1982 |
| topic | English Language and Literature |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19249 |
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