Male 'Somaliness' in diasporic contexts : Somali authors' evaluative evocations

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dc.contributor.authorGagiano, Annieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-11T07:26:48Z
dc.date.available2022-01-11T07:26:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-28
dc.descriptionCITATION: Gagiano, A. 2020. Male 'Somaliness' in diasporic contexts : Somali authors' evaluative evocations. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 57(1):77-87, doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.57i1.8077.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://letterkunde.africaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractAddressing five texts by four Somali authors—Nuruddin Farah’s Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora (2000) and North of Dawn (2018) in juxtaposition with three novels by female Somali authors, i.e. Safi Abdi’s Offspring of Paradise (2003), Cristina Ali Farah’s Little Mother (201; Italian original 2007) and Igiaba Scego’s Adua (English translation 2017, Italian original 2015)—this article assesses the work these texts do to enhance contemporary understanding of the complex, evolving phenomenon that is the diasporic Somali presence in Western Europe, focusing on Somali men. How do the authors portray and (implicitly or overtly) evaluate how diasporic male Somalis cope in foreign, non-Muslim and culturally Western environments—against the backdrop of Somalia’s state collapse and social disintegration? Somali men’s experiences have generally been given less attention than those of their female counterparts, hence the focus here on male-gendered characters. This focus serves to link the two Nuruddin Farah texts and the three novels by Somali women—a textual grouping and focus not previously attempted in critical studies of Farah’s work. This brief essay assesses the five texts’ respective combinations of evaluative evocation, affective intensity and epistemological detail, approaching these works as complementing social science researchers’ efforts in depicting diasporic Somali men’s lives. By deepening understanding of the impact of the diaspora on individual Somali men, the five texts convey significant psychological, social and moral insights into lives of Somali men in foreign contexts.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://letterkunde.africa/article/view/8077
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent11 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGagiano, A. 2020. Male 'Somaliness' in diasporic contexts : Somali authors' evaluative evocations. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 57(1):77-87, doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.57i1.8077.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2309-9070 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0041-476X (print)
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0812-9215
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.57i1.8077
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124057
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherDepartment of Afrikaans, University of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectSomaliansen_ZA
dc.subjectAuthors, Somalien_ZA
dc.subjectSomali diasporaen_ZA
dc.subjectSomali literature -- Criticism and interpretationen_ZA
dc.titleMale 'Somaliness' in diasporic contexts : Somali authors' evaluative evocationsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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