• 'SISTER OUTSIDERS', the representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women

'SISTER OUTSIDERS', the representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women

: Govinden (D.)

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385pp., paperback, Unisa Press, Pretoria, 2008

ISBN: 9781868882960

 

Historical account of the events that contributed to the marginalisation of black literature, specifically Indian women's literature, as well as a study of Indian women writers, including Ansuyah Singh, Zuleikha M. Mayat, Jayapraga Reddy,  Agnes Sam, Farida Karodia, Dr Goonam, Phyllis Naidoo and Fatima Meer.

Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden is a former Dean of the Faculty of Education at what was the University of Durban-Westville, and is currently a research associate within the Faculty of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages and a founder member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. She was a member of the Anglican Consulative Council, and attended the 1988 Lambeth Conference as a lay delegate from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa.