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The Politics of (M) Othering

Womanhood, Identity, and Resistance in African Literature

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ID23129752
AuthorsNicki Hitchcott (0000-0001-5416-8747, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume93
Issue1
Pages234
Publication date1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofThe Politics of (M)Othering, Obioma Nnaemeka, 2005
VenueThe Modern Language Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-7937 • E-ISSN: 2222-4319
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3733706
OpenAlexW1987748966
LanguageEN

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