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03415aam a2200457 i 4500 001 E5DB4B62477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 190214t20192019nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019007198 020 $a 9781501351426 020 $a 1501351427 020 $a 1501351400 020 $a 9781501351402 035 $a (OCoLC)1059319267 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d CBY $d OCL $d DLC $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a fs----- 050 00 $a PR9369.3.H4 $b Z75 2019 082 04 $a 823.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Lederer, Mary S., $e author. 245 10 $a In conversation with Bessie Head / $c Mary S. Lederer. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2019. 300 $a ix, 156 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "In Conversation with Bessie Head shows how reading the novels and letters of Botswana's most influential writer, Bessie Head, fosters an ongoing conversation between reader and writer and is in fact a very personal undertaking. Each chapter tackles two parallel threads, the first regarding Mary S. Lederer's own history of reading Head--from her first purchase of Maru, through completing a Ph.D. on Head's trilogy, through living in Botswana and connecting with various aspects of Head's life, to examining how reading Head has affected her own development as a human being. This history then ties each chapter into discussion of how Head develops her own vision of the "brotherhood of man." Alongside critically informed discussion, Head's vision is examined through the prism of specific questions. Why is madness not a useful concept for understanding Head's ideas? Why did Head say she was not a feminist, and what is the significance of "male" and "female" in her novels? What is the relationship between individual, race, and community? How can the nature of God be a clear expression of love but also an indistinct force for both good and evil? Head's novels present opportunities for personal growth, and through these "conversations" with her, we become different readers"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments -- Reading Bessie Head -- "The woman...is no neurotic" -- "They also forgot he was a man" -- "Each man is helpless before life" -- "Love...is a touchy thing" -- Rereading Bessie Head -- Bibliography -- Index. 505 0 $a Reading Bessie Head -- "The woman is no neurotic" -- "They also forgot he was a man" -- "Each man is helpless before life" -- "Love is a touchy thing" -- Re-reading Bessie Head. 600 10 $a Head, Bessie, $d 1937-1986 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Head, Bessie, $d 1937-1986. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00008565 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Women and literature $z Africa, Southern $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Southern African literature (English) $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Women and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177093 651 7 $a Southern Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239519 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781501351426 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014535.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E5DB4B62477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search