Political prisoners' memoirs in Zimbabwe: Narratives of self and nation
Prison narratives are a key genre of African nationalist writing. They offer a unique window onto the relationships between the personal and political, the self and nation. This article focuses on the memoirs of three Zimbabwean political prisoners in order to explore claims to agency in prison, con...
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2008
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| description | Prison narratives are a key genre of African nationalist writing. They offer a unique window onto the relationships between the personal and political, the self and nation. This article focuses on the memoirs of three Zimbabwean political prisoners in order to explore claims to agency in prison, constructions of gender and race, and the complexities of individual passages within the collective narrative of nationalism. The memoirs are revealing of a formative period in Zimbabwean nationalism, and of the individuals and ideas that shaped independent Zimbabwe. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:cb1ca47b-e3dc-4df6-9403-b873fca9ddce2022-03-27T07:12:24ZPolitical prisoners' memoirs in Zimbabwe: Narratives of self and nationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:cb1ca47b-e3dc-4df6-9403-b873fca9ddceSocial Sciences Division - DaisyRoutledge2008Alexander, JPrison narratives are a key genre of African nationalist writing. They offer a unique window onto the relationships between the personal and political, the self and nation. This article focuses on the memoirs of three Zimbabwean political prisoners in order to explore claims to agency in prison, constructions of gender and race, and the complexities of individual passages within the collective narrative of nationalism. The memoirs are revealing of a formative period in Zimbabwean nationalism, and of the individuals and ideas that shaped independent Zimbabwe. |
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