African authors' perceptions of women's achievements : exploring cultural expectations in selected isiZulu literary texts
In indigenous African societies, cultural expectations compel women to restrict themselves from excelling in whatever they do as a way of conforming to prevailing customary expectations. This is because those women who are said to disregard cultural expectations by aspring to achieve more than thei...
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University of Pretoria
2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76176 Nkosi, VJ 2020, African authors' perception of women's achievements : Exploring cultural expectations in selected isiZulu literary texts, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76176 |
Summary: | In indigenous African societies, cultural expectations compel women to restrict themselves from excelling in whatever they do as a way of conforming to prevailing customary expectations. This is because those women who are said to disregard cultural expectations by aspring to achieve more than their male conterparts face societal consequences. === Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. === Andrew Mellon Foundation. === African Languages === PhD === Unrestricted |
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