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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960377003321

Autore

Barnard Rita

Titolo

Apartheid and beyond : South African writers and the politics of place / / Rita Barnard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611158767

1-281-15876-3

0-19-802726-5

0-19-979116-3

1-4294-6873-4

0-19-535455-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 221 p

Disciplina

820.9/968

Soggetti

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-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dream topographies -- Leaving the house of the white race -- Of trespassers and trash -- A man's scenery -- Beyond the tyranny of place -- The location of postapartheid culture.

Sommario/riassunto

Apartheid and Beyond explores a wide range of South African writings to demonstrate 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.