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Manning the nation : father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society

Title
Manning the nation : father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society / edited by Kizito Z. Muchemwa and Robert Muponde.
Publication
Harare, Zimbabwe : Weaver Press ; Johannesburg, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Muchemwa, K. Z. (Kizito Z.)
  • Muponde, Robert.
Description
xxiii, 199 p.; 22 cm.
Alternative Title
Father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society
Subject
  • Father figures > Zimbabwe
  • Father figures in literature
  • Zimbabwean literature > History and criticism
  • Patriarchy in literature
  • Literature and society > Zimbabwe
  • Masculinity in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199).
Contents
"Why don't you tell the children a story?" : father figures in three Zimbabwean short stories / Kizito Z. Muchemwa -- Killing fathers / Robert Muponde -- Of fathers and ancestors in Charles Mungoshi's Waiting for the rain / Neil Ten Kortenaar -- "Sins of the fathers" : revealing family secrets in Mungoshi's later fiction / Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo -- The strong healthy man : AIDS and self-delusion / Lizzy Attree -- Fatherhood and nationhood : Joshua Nkomo and the re-imagination of the Zimbabwe nation / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni -- Mai Mujuru : father of the nation ? / Lene Bull Christiansen -- Masculinities, race, and violence in the making of Zimbabwe / Jane L. Parpart -- It couldn't be anything innocent : negotiating gender in patriarchal-racial spaces / Ane M. Ørbø Kirkegaard -- "Boys" : performing manhood in Zimbabwean drama / Praise Zenenga -- "A man can try" : negotiating manhoods in colonial urban spaces in Dambudzo Marechera's The house of hunger and Yvonne Vera's Butterfly burning / Grace A. Musila -- The nature of fatherhood and manhood in Zimbabwean texts of pre-colonial and colonial settings / Mickias Musiyiwa and Memory Chirere -- Intricate space : the father-daughter relationship in Zimbabwean literature and culture / Anna Chitando and Angeline M. Madongonda.
Call Number
Sc D 08-1323
ISBN
  • 9781770095007 (pbk. : Jacana Media)
  • 1770095004 (pbk. : Jacana Media)
  • 9781779220691 (pbk. : Weaver Press)
  • 1779220693 (pbk. : Weaver Press)
LCCN
2008315006
OCLC
191025984
Title
Manning the nation : father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society / edited by Kizito Z. Muchemwa and Robert Muponde.
Imprint
Harare, Zimbabwe : Weaver Press ; Johannesburg, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199).
Added Author
Muchemwa, K. Z. (Kizito Z.)
Muponde, Robert.
Research Call Number
Sc D 08-1323
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