Abstract
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor identifies, '[t]he human body and person [as] the locus of [her] artistic quest'1 and it is this focus on the body which drives her intimate portrait of Kenya's independence struggle in her novel, Dust. Rather than engaging with the concerns of 'diasporic identities [and] cultural otherness' 2, which so often form the preoccupations of the African literary diaspora, Owuor's rendering of East Africa acknowledges the alterity experienced by Africans in their own lands, inhabiting peripheries within their home nations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Africa: Moving the Boundaries |
| Place of Publication | Perth, Australia |
| Publisher | African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) |
| Pages | 15-22 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780994268921 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
| Event | AFSAAP 2016: 39th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference - St Catherine's College, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Duration: 5 Dec 2016 → 7 Dec 2016 |
Conference
| Conference | AFSAAP 2016: 39th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference |
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| City | Perth, Australia |
| Period | 5/12/16 → 7/12/16 |
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