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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348220003321

Autore

Beningfield Jennifer

Titolo

The frightened land : land, landscape, and politics in South Africa in the twentieth century / / Jennifer Beningfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-21353-0

1-134-21354-9

1-282-32052-1

9786612320521

0-203-01691-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

820.9320968

Soggetti

Landscapes - Political aspects - South Africa - History - 20th century

Landscapes in literature

Land use - Political aspects - South Africa - History

Apartheid - South Africa

Electronic books.

South Africa Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustration credits; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Veld; Chapter 1 Wilderness and veld; Chapter 2 Memory and inscription; Chapter 3 Map and monument; Part 2 Farm; Chapter 4 A failed Eden; Chapter 5 'Natural' identity; Chapter 6 The fertile desert; Part 3 'Native' lands; Chapter 7 'Native' lands; Chapter 8 Language, nation and landscape; Chapter 9 Tribal landscapes; Part 4 Invisible landscapes; Chapter 10 Desire and distance; Chapter 11 Veld and city; Chapter 12 Invisibility and silence; Part 5 Erasures

Chapter 13 Landscapes and erasuresChapter 14 Landscapes of the imagination; Chapter 15 Transforming landscape; Notes; Appendix A: South African timeline; Appendix B: Main apartheid legislation in South Africa; Bibliography; Archives and other sources; Index



Sommario/riassunto

An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and also refers to contemporary work done in Australia, England and the US. It probes the uncertainty and ambiguity of identities and cultures in post-apartheid society in order to gain a deep understan