Tropes of yearning and dissent: The troping of desire in Yvonne Vera and Tsitsi Dangarembga

Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-148

  Boehmer, Elleke ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60950182188     PISSN: 00219894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021989404381010     Document Type: Article

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