{"title":"Expanding the Territory: Creative Reading Interventions in Lauretta Ngcobo’s Prodigal Daughters","authors":"Phillippa Yaa de Villiers","doi":"10.1080/18125441.2017.1311366","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This essay argues that the various pieces of memoir collected in Prodigal Daughters: Stories of South African Women in Exile can be read as creative writing, and therefore research, within the terms of the discipline. These pieces of writing can be seen as a contribution to general knowledge about various facets of the human experience including political activism at a certain period in South African history, family relationships and living in exile, both in Africa and abroad. South Africa is currently experiencing a crisis in education. This essay finally asks whether this body of work could represent a contribution to a decolonised curriculum for a country that is immersed in the project of self-making, where marginalised voices write themselves into history and contribute to a working model of the society as a collective, a nation.","PeriodicalId":41487,"journal":{"name":"Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa","volume":"57 1","pages":"76 - 85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18125441.2017.1311366","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT This essay argues that the various pieces of memoir collected in Prodigal Daughters: Stories of South African Women in Exile can be read as creative writing, and therefore research, within the terms of the discipline. These pieces of writing can be seen as a contribution to general knowledge about various facets of the human experience including political activism at a certain period in South African history, family relationships and living in exile, both in Africa and abroad. South Africa is currently experiencing a crisis in education. This essay finally asks whether this body of work could represent a contribution to a decolonised curriculum for a country that is immersed in the project of self-making, where marginalised voices write themselves into history and contribute to a working model of the society as a collective, a nation.
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scrutiny2 is a double blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes original manuscripts on theoretical and practical concerns in English literary studies in southern Africa, particularly tertiary education. Uniquely southern African approaches to southern African concerns are sought, although manuscripts of a more general nature will be considered. The journal is aimed at an audience of specialists in English literary studies. While the dominant form of manuscripts published will be the scholarly article, the journal will also publish poetry, as well as other forms of writing such as the essay, review essay, conference report and polemical position piece. This journal is accredited with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.
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