Sewlall, H.Oduwobi, O. A.Motlhaka, H. A.Mabuto, Ann Marevanhema2018-10-032018-10-032018-09-21Mabuto, A.M. 2018. Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera. . . http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1177http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1177MA (English)Department of EnglishThe prevalence of patriarchal norms and the privileging of the African man in African literary works gradually led to an erasure of women‘s identities, thereby leaving them to hold peripheral positions. This has motivated African women critics to engage in linguistic and performative methodologies to restructure African women‘s status in postcolonial writings. Using feminist literary theory, Marxist literary criticism and postcolonial theory, among others, this study explores the changing images of women as depicted in a selection of Yvonne Vera‘s works, namely: Butterfly Burning (1998); Under the Tongue (1996); Without a Name (1994) and Nehanda (1993). Close reading and textual analysis are employed in examining the strategies devised by Vera to assess patriarchal attitudes that suppress women as well as reconfiguring their identities. This study is inspired by the desire to investigate the techniques employed by an African woman writer in speaking against marginalisation, exploitation and oppression of women in a postcolonial literary environment. Of primary concern to this study, is an examination of how Vera unleashes, re-writes and re-negotiates the potential of an African woman in her novels. This study distinctly shows that, as a subaltern writer, Vera reconfigures her female characters‘ identities through social and economic liberalisation. It is clear in this study that economic liberty has a great impact on the life of an African woman. This study contributes to the growing body of works that appreciates women writers‘ efforts in transforming, reifying and reinstating the image of African women in fictional works.1 online resource (viii, 94 leaves)enUniversity of VendaVeraUCTDWomenMarginalisationPatriarchal attitudesReconfiguringFeminismPostcolonial theory809.933522Women authors, AfricanAfrican women, authorsDeconstructionAfrican womenWomen in literature.DissertationMabuto AM. Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera. []. , 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1177Mabuto, A. M. (2018). <i>Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera</i>. (). . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1177Mabuto, Ann Marevanhema. <i>"Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera."</i> ., , 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1177TY - Dissertation AU - Mabuto, Ann Marevanhema AB - The prevalence of patriarchal norms and the privileging of the African man in African literary works gradually led to an erasure of women‘s identities, thereby leaving them to hold peripheral positions. This has motivated African women critics to engage in linguistic and performative methodologies to restructure African women‘s status in postcolonial writings. Using feminist literary theory, Marxist literary criticism and postcolonial theory, among others, this study explores the changing images of women as depicted in a selection of Yvonne Vera‘s works, namely: Butterfly Burning (1998); Under the Tongue (1996); Without a Name (1994) and Nehanda (1993). Close reading and textual analysis are employed in examining the strategies devised by Vera to assess patriarchal attitudes that suppress women as well as reconfiguring their identities. This study is inspired by the desire to investigate the techniques employed by an African woman writer in speaking against marginalisation, exploitation and oppression of women in a postcolonial literary environment. Of primary concern to this study, is an examination of how Vera unleashes, re-writes and re-negotiates the potential of an African woman in her novels. This study distinctly shows that, as a subaltern writer, Vera reconfigures her female characters‘ identities through social and economic liberalisation. It is clear in this study that economic liberty has a great impact on the life of an African woman. This study contributes to the growing body of works that appreciates women writers‘ efforts in transforming, reifying and reinstating the image of African women in fictional works. DA - 2018-09-21 DB - ResearchSpace DP - Univen KW - Vera KW - Women KW - Marginalisation KW - Patriarchal attitudes KW - Reconfiguring KW - Feminism KW - Postcolonial theory LK - https://univendspace.univen.ac.za PY - 2018 T1 - Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera TI - Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1177 ER -