This article examines the diasporic implications in the fictional works of Zoë Wicomb, who was born in South Africa and migrated to Scotland during apartheid. The ideas of ‘belonging’ to her motherland and ‘rooting’ in her country of adoption play a crucial role in her narrative revealing the ideological fabrication of concepts such as ‘nation’ and ‘home’. I focus in particular on Wicomb’s second collection of short stories, The One that Got Away (2008), set both in South Africa and Scotland.
Guarducci, M.P. (2015). “Getting away with Diaspora: Scotland and South Africa in Zoë Wicomb’s The One that Got Away”. LE SIMPLEGADI, XIII(14), 28-37.
“Getting away with Diaspora: Scotland and South Africa in Zoë Wicomb’s The One that Got Away”
GUARDUCCI, MARIA PAOLA
2015-01-01
Abstract
This article examines the diasporic implications in the fictional works of Zoë Wicomb, who was born in South Africa and migrated to Scotland during apartheid. The ideas of ‘belonging’ to her motherland and ‘rooting’ in her country of adoption play a crucial role in her narrative revealing the ideological fabrication of concepts such as ‘nation’ and ‘home’. I focus in particular on Wicomb’s second collection of short stories, The One that Got Away (2008), set both in South Africa and Scotland.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
