This study is the first book-length analysis of African women's writing of Southern Africa with
a focus on writing the body. The thesis is that women are not voiceless but hold a powerful
liberating potential: they throw their voices by implementing a strategic corporeal. Notably
this mode is not carried out in a way of emphasising corporeal difference by lack but by
attributing positive markers to the body. It reaches beyond a speaking which only represents
women's thoughts and emotions physically - a mode which might render the impression that they
are incapable of expressing their conceptions and sentiments linguistically. It is an
empowerment that reflects their skill to break up the bonds between language and body. This
study is wide-ranging in its choice of authors and themes.
