Maverick: Extraordinary Women from South Africa's Past
A History, Nonfiction book. Lauren Beukes has produced Broken Monsters and The Shining Girls of late....
This is a book about raconteurs and renegades, writers, poets, provocateurs and pop stars, artists and activists and a cross-dressing doctor. From Africa's first black movie star and Drum covergirl, Dolly Rathebe, to Glenda Kemp, the snake-dancing stripper who shook up the verkrampte social mores of the 70s, these are the riveting true tales of women who broke with convention and damn the consequences.Spanning over 350 years of history, Maverick explores the...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 249 pages
- ISBN: 9781770070509 / 1770070508
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Great fun. From the subject matter to the writing style Lauren Beukes has produced Broken Monsters and The Shining Girls of late. In this 2015 publication of a book originally written in 2005, she is joined by Nechama Brodie, who helped update it, and added three chapters.Yes this is history. But don't think dry, dull and boring. Think highly entertaining, whacky and written with a dry wit... important when you want to get an overview of South African women in history and easy read
