Revisiting Liminality: Contestation of Abuse and the Politics of Reclamation of Identity in Austin Clarke’s The Polished Hoe
This paper explores narratives of sexual violence, commodification and objectification of the black female body in the patriarchal context through the intersectionality of the vectors of race, class and gender. The notion of performativity is central in this context. This paper addresses the way tha...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sarat Centenary College
2022-01-01
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Series: | PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies |
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Online Access: | https://postscriptum.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pS7.iMarietta.pdf |