"Willing Liberates": Nietzschean Heroism in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions

Abstract: 

For Dangarembga’s text, Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy offers an alternative explanation for Tambu’s ultimate successful escape and Nyasha’s tragic entrapment. At the same time, Nervous Conditions offers an answer to the question, “How can we read Nietzsche in a post-colonial, feminist context?”

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Amanda
Last Name: 
Waugh
Institution: 
University of Massachusetts, Amherst