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• catalog abstract ""When the depredations of apartheid forced most of her contemporaries into exile in Britain, Europe, and the United States, the South African writer Bessie Head (1937-1986) chose to move to neighboring Botswana, by South African standards then a dry, dusty, and undeveloped backwater. And where her fellow writers chose apartheid's depredations as the subject for their searing social indictments, Head turned for inspiration to local sources, recording in stories of parable-like intensity the daily lives of people in a remote African village. She is perhaps the only black African writer who has successfully dealt with the tensions and torments of her own life - madness, guilt, vexed personal relationships, loneliness, exile - and the often haunting results have won her a growing following in critical circles, most notably among feminists, who see her as having been victimized not only by South Africa's brutal racial politics but also by patriarchal attitudes among African men." "In this overview of Head's work, Craig MacKenzie argues that the physical journey Head took from South Africa to Botswana has a special resonance in her writing, in which she moves from disintegration to wholeness, from alienation to commitment."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11220111.
• catalog coverage "Botswana In literature.".
• catalog coverage "South Africa In literature.".
• catalog created "c1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "c1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
• catalog description ""When the depredations of apartheid forced most of her contemporaries into exile in Britain, Europe, and the United States, the South African writer Bessie Head (1937-1986) chose to move to neighboring Botswana, by South African standards then a dry, dusty, and undeveloped backwater. And where her fellow writers chose apartheid's depredations as the subject for their searing social indictments, Head turned for inspiration to local sources, recording in stories of parable-like intensity the daily lives of people in a remote African village.".
• catalog description "Early life -- The cardinals (ca. 1962) -- In exile in Botswana -- When rain clouds gather (1968) -- Maru (1971) -- A question of power (1973) -- Putting down roots -- The collector of treasures (1977) -- Serowe: village of the rain wind (1981) -- A bewitched crossroad (1984) -- Posthumously published works: Tales of tenderness and power (1989) and A woman alone (1990) -- The critics' view.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135) and index.".
• catalog description "She is perhaps the only black African writer who has successfully dealt with the tensions and torments of her own life - madness, guilt, vexed personal relationships, loneliness, exile - and the often haunting results have won her a growing following in critical circles, most notably among feminists, who see her as having been victimized not only by South Africa's brutal racial politics but also by patriarchal attitudes among African men." "In this overview of Head's work, Craig MacKenzie argues that the physical journey Head took from South Africa to Botswana has a special resonance in her writing, in which she moves from disintegration to wholeness, from alienation to commitment."--Jacket.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 140 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Bessie Head.".
• catalog identifier "0805716297 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Bessie Head.".
• catalog isPartOf "Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 882".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "c1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers,".
• catalog relation "Bessie Head.".
• catalog spatial "Africa, Southern".
• catalog spatial "Botswana In literature.".
• catalog spatial "South Africa In literature.".
• catalog subject "823 21".
• catalog subject "Head, Bessie, 1937- Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "Head, Bessie, 1937-1986 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "PR9369.3.H4 Z77 1999".
• catalog subject "Women and literature Africa, Southern History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Early life -- The cardinals (ca. 1962) -- In exile in Botswana -- When rain clouds gather (1968) -- Maru (1971) -- A question of power (1973) -- Putting down roots -- The collector of treasures (1977) -- Serowe: village of the rain wind (1981) -- A bewitched crossroad (1984) -- Posthumously published works: Tales of tenderness and power (1989) and A woman alone (1990) -- The critics' view.".
• catalog title "Bessie Head / Craig MacKenzie.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".