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White women writers and their African invention

2004; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 41; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.41-3908

1943-5975

Simon Lewis,

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Framing boundaries for postcolonial and gender studies, this literary history examines the lives and work of two of the most controversial writers about Africa, Olive Schreiner and Karen Blixen. Each forged an identity from her experience as a white woman settler in a culture dominated by men.