First Blood: Menstrual Regulation and Murderous Rage in Nervous Conditions

This article analyzes how Tsitsi Dangarembga’s 1988 novel Nervous Conditions confounds femininity and fury in its explorations of racism and patriarchy in 1970s Rhodesia. To the extent that it is a story about Tambu seeking education to become upwardly mobile, Nervous Conditions is a cautionary tale...

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Published in:	Research in African literatures Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 130 - 149
Main Author:	Sharma, Ishanika
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington Indiana University Press 22.06.2025
Subjects:	Ambiguity Anger Bildungsroman Blood Bullying Colonialism Criticism and interpretation Dangarembga, Tsitsi Discourses Education Females Femininity Feminism and literature Feminist literature Gender Menarche Menstrual regulation Menstruation Murders & murder attempts Novelists Novels Patriarchy Portrayals Postcolonialism Race Racism Rage Self determination Zimbabwe Rhodesia-pre-1979
ISSN:	0034-5210, 1527-2044, 1527-2044
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