Tavares, Maria. No Country for Nonconforming Women: Feminine Conceptions of Lusophone Africa. Legenda, 2018

Authors

  • Sandra I. Sousa University of Central Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21471/jls.v4i1.313

Keywords:

African literature, women writers, Portuguese,

Abstract

Maria Tavares's first monograph poses an immediate question: Are nonconforming women dispossessed from a country, any country? The provocative title sets in motion a study based on the comparative analysis of three female authors from Lusophone Africa, namely Dina Salústio from Cape Verde, Paulina Chiziane from Mozambique, and the Angolan Rosária da Silva. Tavares takes as her point of departure the fact that, despite their differences, all three were the first female writers to publish in the context of their respective independent nations.

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Published

2019-06-18

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019): Special Dossier on Transnational and Counternational Queer Agencies in Lusophone Cultures

Section

Book Reviews

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