Images of Women in Zimbabwean Literature

Rudo Gaidzanwa

 

The book is out of print.

Synopsis

Rudo Gaidzanwa’s important socioliterary analysis Images of Women in Zimbabwean Literature was a groundbreaking study in Zimbabwean literary studies. Though quite a number of studies had critiqued Zimbabwean literature from historical, sociological, or political perspectives, this was the first book to bring the work under gender focus.

Review

Images of Women in Zimbabwean Literature is a pioneering work that reveals some of the gaps in the criticism of Zimbabwean literature. - M. Z. Malaba, Research in African Literatures

Author

Rudo Gaidzanwa is a professor at the University of Zimbabwe. Her research interests include Industrial Sociology; Gender and Education.

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