African authors' perceptions of women's achievements : exploring cultural expectations in selected isiZulu literary texts

• Main Author: Nkosi, Vusumuzi Joshua
• Other Authors: Zondi, Nompumelelo Bernadette
• Language: en
• Published: University of Pretoria 2020
• Subjects: African Literary studies or Gender studies; UCTD
• 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

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