The subject of 'motherhood' is interwoven with themes of survival, power, and identity. It is also at the heart of any consideration of women's writing. Conversations of Motherhood sensitively charts common themes, intersecting experiences, and related topics within the cultural specificities of South African society. The book comparatively explores seminal novels by South African authors, written in English and Afrikaans from the 1970s to 2010, through the prism of motherhood. Drawing on the work of theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, it develops a transcultural approach to the study of literature and...