SOURCE: Lewis, Desiree. “The Cardinals and Bessie Head's Allegories of Self.” World Literature Today 70, no. 1 (winter 1996): 73–77.
In the following essay, Lewis analyzes Head's concept of identity in The Cardinals in light of the author's mixed heritage and the racial laws of 1960s South Africa.
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