The Politics of (M)Othering: Womanhood, Identity and Resistance in African Literature

by O. Nnaemeka (Editor)

This collection is a study of African literature framed by the central, and multi-faceted, idea of 'mother' - motherland, mothertongue, motherwit, motherhood, mothering - looking at the paradoxical location of (m)other as both central and marginal.

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First published December 12, 1996