LEADER 04065nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910819469803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-44810-4 010 $a0-203-38918-2 010 $a1-134-44811-2 010 $a1-280-07410-8 010 $a0-203-38068-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203380680 035 $a(CKB)1000000000256318 035 $a(EBL)182387 035 $a(OCoLC)475895764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313741 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254643 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313741 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358778 035 $a(PQKB)10483784 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182387 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182387 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10100469 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7410 035 $a(OCoLC)56565450 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000256318 100 $a20030430d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting woman, writing place $econtemporary Australian and South African fiction /$fSue Kossew 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in postcolonial literatures ;$v10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-41859-3 311 $a0-415-28649-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: place, space and gender; Contemporary Australian fiction; Introduction: post-bicentennial perspectives; The violence of representation: rewriting 'The Drover's Wife'; 'Gone bush': refiguring women and the bush; Another country: the 'terrible darkness' of country towns; Learning to belong: nation and reconciliation; Contemporary South African fiction; Introduction: new subjectivities; 'A white woman's words': the politics of representation and commitment; Rewriting the farm novel; Revisioning history 327 $aA state of violence: the politics of truth and reconciliationBeyond the national; Exile and belonging; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aContemporary women writers in these two societies are still writing about similar issues as did earlier generations of women, such as exclusions from discourses of nation, a problematic relationship to place and belonging, relations with indigenous people and the way in which women's subjectivity has been constructed through national stereotypes and representations. This book describes and analyses some contemporary responses to 'writing woman, writing place' through close readings of particular texts that explore these issues.Three main strands run through the readings offered in Writ 410 0$aRoutledge research in postcolonial literatures ;$v10. 606 $aAustralian fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSouth African fiction (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComparative literature$xAustralian and South African 606 $aComparative literature$xSouth African and Australian 606 $aWomen$zSouth Africa$xIntellectual life 606 $aWomen$zAustralia$xIntellectual life 606 $aWomen and literature$zSouth Africa 606 $aWomen and literature$zAustralia 615 0$aAustralian fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSouth African fiction (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComparative literature$xAustralian and South African. 615 0$aComparative literature$xSouth African and Australian. 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aWomen and literature 676 $a823/.914099287/0968 700 $aKossew$b Sue$01705554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819469803321 996 $aWriting woman, writing place$94092315 997 $aUNINA