- Title
- ‘In defence of chick-lit’: refashioning feminine subjectivities in Ugandan and South African contemporary women’s writing
- Creator
- Spencer, Lynda G
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138736
- Identifier
- vital:37669
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1177/1464700119831544
- Description
- Ugandan and South African contemporary women’s narratives reflect on the rapid pace of change in the social lives of women in two countries that are contending with the aftermath of conflict and violence. This article will interrogate how contemporary women writers such as Goretti Kyomuhendo (Whispers from Vera), Zukiswa Wanner (The Madams and Behind Every Successful Man) and Cynthia Jele (Happiness is a Four-Letter Word) are embracing chick-lit as a form of writing, while simultaneously short-circuiting this genre to create an experimental form that allows them to reflect on the realities of women and engage with the contradictions, complexities and ambiguities of contemporary feminine subjectivities.
- Format
- 15 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Feminist Theory
- Relation
- Spencer, L.G., 2019. ‘In defence of chick-lit’: refashioning feminine subjectivities in Ugandan and South African contemporary women’s writing. Feminist Theory, 20(2), pp.155-169.
- Relation
- Feminist Theory volume 20 number 2 155 169 February 2019 1464-7001
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Spencer, Lynda Gichanda (Dr)
Gender Action Forum (GENACT)
RU Department of Literary Studies in English
SDG 05. Gender Equality
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