“In the centre of our circle”: gender, selfhood and non-linear time in Yvonne Vera’s Nehanda
This article examines how non-linear time and circularity are deployed in the historical novel Nehanda (1993), written by Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera. Using Adriana Cavarero’s work on inclination, I suggest that circular time as well as spatial roundness, which pervade the novel, are mobilised to...
Main Author: | Boulanger, D |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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