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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795916303321

Autore

Robolin Stéphane Pierre Raymond <1975->

Titolo

Grounds of engagement : apartheid-era African American and South African writing / / Stéphane Robolin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-09758-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

New Black Studies Series

Disciplina

820.9/896068

Soggetti

South African literature - Black authors - History and criticism

South African literature (English) - Black authors - History and criticism

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

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

Introduction: imagining a transnational ground -- Race, place, and the geography of exile -- Remapping the (black) nation -- Cultivating correspondences; or, other gestures of belonging -- Constructive engagements.

Sommario/riassunto

Part literary history, part cultural study, this book examines the relationships and exchanges between black South African and African American writers who sought to create common ground throughout the antiapartheid era.