{"product_id":"bessie-head-and-the-trauma-joshua-agbo-9780367710286","title":"Bessie Head and the Trauma of Exile: Identity and Alienation in Southern African Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head's novels and short fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn exile herself, arriving in Botswana as a South African refugee, Bessie Head's fiction serves as an important example of African exile literature. This book argues that Head's characters are driven to exile as a result of their socio- political ambivalence while still in South Africa, and that this sense of discomfort follows them to their new lives. Investigating themes of trauma and identity politics across colonial and post- colonial contexts, this book also addresses the important theme of black- on- black prejudice and hostility which is often overlooked in studies of Head's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering Head's shorter fiction as well as her major novels \u003ci\u003eWhen Rain Clouds Gather \u003c\/i\u003e(1969), \u003ci\u003eMaru \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), \u003ci\u003eA Question of Power \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), \u003ci\u003eSerowe: Village of the Rain Wind \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), and \u003ci\u003eA Bewitched Crossroads: An African Saga \u003c\/i\u003e(1984), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and postcolonial history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Agbo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367710285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367710286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Joshua Agbo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086544384255,"sku":"9780367710286","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d6f7e80-aeb3-4261-94d8-1df0857ec9d1.jpg?v=1769095283","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bessie-head-and-the-trauma-joshua-agbo-9780367710286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}