{"product_id":"bessie-head-and-the-trauma-of-exile-hardback","title":"Bessie Head and the Trauma of Exile - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head’s novels and short fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exile herself, arriving in Botswana as a South African refugee, Bessie Head’s fiction serves as an important example of African exile literature. This book argues that Head’s characters are driven to exile as a result of their socio- political ambivalence while still in South Africa, and that this sense of discomfort follows them to their new lives. Investigating themes of trauma and identity politics across colonial and post- colonial contexts, this book also addresses the important theme of black- on- black prejudice and hostility which is often overlooked in studies of Head’s work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering Head’s shorter fiction as well as her major novels \u003ci\u003eWhen Rain Clouds Gather \u003c\/i\u003e(1969), \u003ci\u003eMaru \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), \u003ci\u003eA Question of Power \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), \u003ci\u003eSerowe: Village of the Rain Wind \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), and \u003ci\u003eA Bewitched Crossroads: An African Saga \u003c\/i\u003e(1984), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and postcolonial history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575433421038,"sku":"9780367710286","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367710286.jpg?v=1720950393","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/bessie-head-and-the-trauma-of-exile-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}