‘Creative Ferment’: abortion and reproductive agency in Bessie Head’s Personal Choices trilogy

Using original archival research from Amazwi South African Museum of Literature, this article examines representations of abortion in three novels by Bessie Head: When Rain Clouds Gather (1968), Maru (1971) and A Question of Power (1973). I argue that Bessie Head documents both changing attitudes to...

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Main Author: Stobie, CE
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021