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'My body is burning with the shame of not belonging': Gender, violence and shame in diasporic Somali women's writings

Sobral Mourao, Ana (2019). 'My body is burning with the shame of not belonging': Gender, violence and shame in diasporic Somali women's writings. European Journal of English Studies, 23(3):326-339.

Abstract

Looking at recent writings by British-Somali female authors, this article examines the articulations of shame in relation to Somali women’s bodies and against the backdrop of the Somali civil war. The article evaluates the different levels in which shame operates, linking gender and postcolonial studies.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > English Department
Dewey Decimal Classification:820 English & Old English literatures
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Language and Linguistics
Social Sciences & Humanities > Linguistics and Language
Social Sciences & Humanities > Literature and Literary Theory
Language:English
Date:2019
Deposited On:12 Apr 2022 07:57
Last Modified:21 Oct 2024 01:38
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
ISSN:1382-5577
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2019.1655235
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