The art of survival : depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in crisis / / edited by Anna Chitando, Joseph Chikowero and Angeline M. Madongonda
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The art of survival : depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in crisis / / edited by Anna Chitando, Joseph Chikowero and Angeline M. Madongonda
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.996891 |
| Soggetto topico: | Zimbabwean literature (English) - History and criticism |
| Soggetto geografico: | Zimbabwe Politics and government 1980- |
| Zimbabwe History 1980- | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ChitandoAnna |
| ChikoweroJoseph | |
| MadongondaAngeline M. | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Art of Survival: Depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in Crisis offers a fresh, interdisciplinary examination of a period against which development in Zimbabwe is often measured, one epitomized by the severe shortages and runaway inflation of 2008. While journalistic stories of the 1998-2008 era often privilege the reductive stories of woe, defeat and crushed hopes, this volume explores how survival was still possible in those circumstances. The book offers insights into how ordinary Zimbabweans battled the odds by making startling innovations in language use to legitimize new surviva |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The art of survival |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-8669-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797803603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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