Through an analysis of selected representative poems from Ingrid de Kok’s Familiar Ground, this article examines the role played
by feminist poetry in the quest to address gender-related issues as well as to contribute constructively to South Africa’s liberation
from patriarchal apartheid. The article further argues that feminist writers desire to (re)negotiate the space within which they
can (re)construct and articulate their identities as women and mothers, and that in such a context the politics of identity cannot
be detached from other aspects within the struggle for socio-political and economic emancipation. Thus characteristics of apartheid
oppression are contrasted with the patriarchal domination opposed by feminist writers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000684 |
| Date | 04 July 2011 |
| Creators | Mashige, MC |
| Publisher | Tydskrif vir letterkunde |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | Tydskrif vir letterkunde |
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