Manning the nation : father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society / / edited by Kizito Z. Muchemwa and Robert Muponde

• Pubblicazione: Harare, Zimbabwe, : Weaver Press; Johannesburg, South Africa, : Jacana Media, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.8896891
• Soggetto topico: Father figures - Zimbabwe; Father figures in literature; Zimbabwean literature - History and criticism; Patriarchy in literature; Literature and society - Zimbabwe; Masculinity in literature
• Altri autori: MuchemwaK. Z (Kizito Z.) MupondeRobert
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors; Introduction - Manning the Nation; I - 'Why don't you tell the children a story?': Father figures in three Zimbabwean short stories; 2 - Killing fathers; 3 - Of fathers and ancestors in Charles Mungoshi's; 4 - 'Sins of the Fathers': Revealing family secrets in Mungoshi's later fiction; 5 - The strong healthy man: AIDS and self-delusion; 6 - Fatherhood and nationhood: Joshua Nkomo and the re-imagination of the Zimbabwe nation; 7 - Mai Mujuru: father of the nation? ; 8 - Masculinities, race and violence in the making of Zimbabwe9 - It couldn't be anything innocent: Negotiating gender in patriarchal-racial spaces; 10 - 'Boys': Performing manhood in Zimbabwean drama; 11 - 'A man can try': Negotiating manhoods in colonial urban spaces in Dambudzo Marechera's; 12 - The nature of fatherhood and manhood in Zimbabwean texts of pre-colonial and colonial settings; 13 - Intricate space: The father-daughter relationship in Zimbabwean literature and culture; Bibliography; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Gender studies in Zimbabwe have tended to focus on women and their comparative disadvantages and under-privilege. Assuming a broader perspective is necessary at a time when society has grown used to arguments rooted in binaries: colonised and coloniser, race and class, sex and gender, poverty and wealth, patriotism and terrorism, etc. The editors of Manning the Nation recognise that concepts of manhood can be used to repress or liberate, and will depend on historical and political imperatives; they seek to introduce a more nuanced perspective to the interconnectivity of patriarchy, masculinity
• Altri titoli varianti: Father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society
• Titolo autorizzato: Manning the nation
• ISBN: 1-282-86901-9; 9786612869013; 1-77922-131-2; 1-77922-130-4; 1-77922-094-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820421703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II