Ksenia Robbe

Conversations of Motherhood: South African Women's Writing Across Traditions Ksenia Robbe

The subject of motherhood is at the heart of any consideration of women’s writing. Conversations of Motherhood charts common themes, intersecting experiences and related tropes within the cultural specificities of South African society. Exploring this space, in turn, provides a lens for cross-cultural reading that draws on various local ways of knowing and the workings of agency.