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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde

On-line version ISSN 2309-9070
Print version ISSN 0041-476X

Abstract

CROUS, Marius. "A battle between lust and loathing": the interplay between masculinity and femininity in Zakes Mda's The Madonna of Excelsior. Tydskr. letterkd. [online]. 2010, vol.47, n.1. ISSN 2309-9070.

In this essay the emphasis is on the interplay between masculinity and femininity and in particular that of white masculinity versus black femininity, as well as the role played by black female sexuality in the formation of masculine identity in a rural setting in apartheid South Africa. The essay also looks at the representation of the female body and the role of the female body as site of contestation of socio-political assumptions about masculinity and femininity. The text under discussion is Zakes Mda's The Madonna of Excelsior (2002), which is based on real life events that occurred in the small Free State town of Excelsior in the 1970s.

Keywords : masculinity; femininity; Zakes Mda; The Madonna of Excelsior.

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