Open AccessTavares, Maria. No Country for Nonconforming Women: Feminine Conceptions of Lusophone Africa. Legenda, 2018
Author(s) -
Sandra Sousa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of lusophone studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2469-4800
DOI - 10.21471/jls.v4i1.313
Subject(s) - cape verde , context (archaeology) , portuguese , gender studies , sociology , publication , humanities , history , art , ethnology , political science , law , philosophy , archaeology , linguistics
Maria Tavares's first monograph poses an immediate question: Are nonconforming women dispossessed from a country, any country? The provocative title sets in motion a study based on the comparative analysis of three female authors from Lusophone Africa, namely Dina Salústio from Cape Verde, Paulina Chiziane from Mozambique, and the Angolan Rosária da Silva. Tavares takes as her point of departure the fact that, despite their differences, all three were the first female writers to publish in the context of their respective independent nations.