Crossing Borders: A Study of Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather and Maru
This essay examines When Rain Clouds Gather and Maru from the theoretical point of view of the ‘border zone’. It argues that, for Bessie Head, the characters that can successfully empathise with others are those who have ‘crossed borders’ and therefore broken away from the limitations imposed by a s...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | This essay examines When Rain Clouds Gather and Maru from the theoretical point of view of the ‘border zone’. It argues that, for Bessie Head, the characters that can successfully empathise with others are those who have ‘crossed borders’ and therefore broken away from the limitations imposed by a single entity. Those who can achieve this new humanism have moved beyond class, sexual, ethnic, national and racial borders. |
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