Negotiating Identities in Women's Lives: English Postcolonial and Contemporary British NovelsWomen face different psychological issues at different ages. But these issues and the experience of confronting them depend on cultural contexts. Literary works represent these psychological and social conflicts, but the manner of representation varies according to the culture of the author. This book brings together feminism, postcolonial theory, and developmental psychology to analyze how traditional literary forms are transformed by women writing in different cultures. The volume discusses works by such well known authors as Margaret Atwood, Nadine Gordimer, Keri Hulme, and Doris Lessing, along with fiction by less studied writers such as Barbara Burford, Joan Riley, and Jessica Anderson. |
Contents
The Search for Integrity in Paule | 15 |
The Search for Intimacy in Barbara | 37 |
The Search for Place in Buchi | 59 |
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