Christopher, Blessing James2022-06-292022-06-292022-06-28vt_gsexam:35000http://hdl.handle.net/10919/110966A blend of literary fiction and folktale, Courting Death is a novel about women at the fringes, marginalized women, and women who have been direct targets of gender-based violence. The narrative draws from conventions of traditional African oral storytelling and the conventions associated with western literary fiction.ETDenIn CopyrightFeminismsexwomenpaternity fraudmarriage.Thesis