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

• Autore: Beningfield Jennifer
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9320968
• Soggetto topico: Landscapes - Political aspects - South Africa - History - 20th century; Landscapes in literature; Land use - Political aspects - South Africa - History; Apartheid - South Africa
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Politics and government 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The frightened land
• ISBN: 1-134-21353-0; 1-134-21354-9; 1-282-32052-1; 9786612320521; 0-203-01691-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348220003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II