Story of a Mother: a Biopolitical Reading of Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother

Namrata Dey Roy
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ABSTRACT Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother, a fictional rendition of Amy Biehl’s murder, has been analyzed as a text that challenges the TRC’s reconciliatory philosophy, generates an empathetic dialogue across the color line, and reclaims the subdued maternal identity and voice. However, Mandisa’s narrative throws light on the condition of motherhood in apartheid South Africa. Examining Mandisa’s position as a girl, woman, and mother through a Foucauldian biopolitical lens, this paper argues that Mandisa’s story reveals the biopolitical construction of motherhood at a crucial historical juncture of South Africa. This analysis reveals that the novel is not a mere maternal testimony; rather, the narrative elucidates the creation of the docile bodies of black women under structural oppression and discursive regulation.
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辛迪维·玛戈娜的《母亲对母亲》是对艾米·比尔谋杀案的虚构演绎,它挑战了TRC的和解哲学,引发了一场跨越肤色界限的移情对话,并重新唤起了被压抑的母亲身份和声音。然而,曼迪萨的叙述揭示了种族隔离时期南非母性的状况。本文通过福柯式的生命政治视角考察了曼迪萨作为女孩、女人和母亲的地位,认为曼迪萨的故事揭示了南非关键历史节点上母性的生命政治建构。这种分析表明,小说不仅仅是母亲的见证;相反,叙事阐明了黑人女性在结构性压迫和话语管制下温顺的身体的创造。
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