A Postmodern Nationalist: Truth, Orality, and Gender in the Work of Mia Couto

by Phillip Rothwell

Overview

This is the first book in the English language devoted to an analysis of the work ofthe Mozambican author Mia Couto. The book provides essential background details about Mozambican political and cultural history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611482102
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	05/01/2004
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface and Acknowledgements	9
	Abbreviations	11
1.	Introduction: A Postmodern Nationalist	15
2.	Li(v)es, Li(v)es, Li(v)es: The Link Between Truth and Death in Mia Couto	29
3.	Righting Wrongs for Writing Rongas: The Politics of Literacy and Orthography	42
4.	De-Scribing the Text: Orality's Infiltration of the Written Source	53
5.	Seaing Into the Unconscious: The Role of Water in Mia Couto	91
6.	Playing Gam(et)es With Gender: Subverting Orthodoxy Through Sexual Confusion	133
7.	Finding the Nation's Phallus: Expelling the UN Specter from Mozambique	158
	Conclusion: Reaching Postcolonial Maturity?	170
	Notes	173
	Bibliography	185
	Index	201