Mothers of Africa : representations of nation and gender in post-colonial African literature

A protean doctrine, claiming cultural pride and demanding self-expression for those who espouse it, nationalism yet casts its defining symbols and reserves its privileges and powers according to gendered criteria. Nationalism, if seen as symbolically constructed, may be interpreted as a gendered dis...

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Main Author: Boehmer, Elleke Deirdre
Published: University of Oxford 1991
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302992