Originally presented as the author's thesis (Doctoral) -- University of Capetown, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index.
Rememberings and dismemberings : female subjects of a nation in transition -- Krotoa-Eva : translator, traitor, 'rainbow' mother -- Nongqawuse : national time and (female) authorship -- Sarah Bartmann : re-cast and re-covered -- Unspeakable acts (un)spoken : disfigured bodies in David's story and Disgrace -- The mother-witness : Mother to mother, Bloodlines and Our generation -- (Un)homely women : 'political widowhood' in A life and The cry of Winnie Mandela -- Stories of the transition : the warp and woof