Apartheid and beyond
Subtitle: South African writers and the politics of place
By: Rita Barnard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: South African literature (English) -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century; Apartheid in literature; Place (Philosophy) in literature; South Africa -- In literature; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Description: "Apartheid and Beyond is a major contribution to the study of South African literary culture. It offers elegant readings of Coetzee, Gordimer, Fugard, Tlali, Dike, Magona, and Mda, focusing on the intimate relationship between place, subjectivity, and literary form revealed in their work. It also explores the way apartheid functioned in its day-to-day operations as a geographical system of control, exerting its power through such spatial mechanisms as residential segregation, bantustans, passes, and prisons."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-211) and index
Table of contents: title: Dream topographies; title: Leaving the house of the white race; title: Of trespassers and trash; title: A man's scenery; title: Beyond the tyranny of place; title: The location of postapartheid culture