Postcolonial Women Writers

OCT 8, 201219 MIN
Interviews on Great Writers

Postcolonial Women Writers

OCT 8, 201219 MIN

Description

Professor Elleke Boehmer notes the distinct lack of women writers on the Post/Colonial Writing page of the Great Writers website, and explores why this is the case. She draws attention to the phenomenon of double colonization and, taking Scottish/South African author Zoe Wicomb as an example, looks at the marketing and publishing industries to discuss why postcolonial women writers are less well-known than their male counterparts.