This is the first book to provide a comparative exploration of the gendered and sexual body in Mozambican literature, engaging with the work of six authors spanning different generations, styles and aesthetics. The study begins by providing a detailed and innovative survey of the dynamics of gender, sexuality and power in the Portuguese colonial and Mozambican post-independence contexts, from the nineteenth century to the turn of the millennium. This initial investigation provides the sociohistorical backdrop for in-depth analyses of representations, uses and subversions of the body in...

The story of LIV: Once Upon a Time continues in Volume II with many elements of surprise, moments of tenderness, reunions, shocking revelations, celebrations, passion and more as unions are formed, dreams are being realized, and the extended family settles into a happy routine. A major disruption occurs when the victim of a sting devised and carried out by Ms. Liv in her period of "lostness" returns to exert revenge, adding elements of suspense, action, and excitement, causing even calm Morgan to bare his claws in defense of his family.

LIV: Once Upon a Time

LIV depicts te life of Olivia Washington from victim to victor. Her path included 16 years of sexual and physical abuse and culminated in the greatest love story ever told between Olivia (aka LIV) and Morgan Avery Calais, the perfect man who is sure to become the object of many women's fantasies. Their union was destined as they embarked upon the fulfillment of their shared dream and was the impetus for setting in motion the "Master Plan" which created a paradigm shift in the status quo involving a vast network of individuals for positive, perpetuated changes...

LIV: Happily Ever After (?)

The story of LIV: Once Upon a Time continues in Volume II with many elements of surprise, moments of tenderness, reunions, shocking revelations, celebrations, passion and more as unions are formed, dreams are being realized, and the extended family settles into a happy routine. A major disruption occurs when the victim of a sting devised and carried out by Ms. Liv in her period of "lostness" returns to exert revenge, adding elements of suspense, action, and excitement, causing even calm Morgan to bare his claws in defense of his family.