The literature police [[electronic resource] ] : apartheid censorship and its cultural consequences / / Peter D. McDonald

• Autore: McDonald Peter D
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.310968; 820.9968
• Soggetto topico: Censorship - South Africa - History; South African literature - Censorship; Apartheid - South Africa
• Classificazione: 18.12
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-399) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; Introduction; Part I: Creating Spaces/Guarding Borders; Part II: Singular Situations/Disruptive Moments; Postscript; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Uncovers the tangled stories of censorship and literature in apartheid South Africa, drawing on a wealth of new evidence from censorship archives, archives of resistance publishers and writers' groups, and oral testimony. A unique perspective on one of the most repressive, anachronistic, and racist states in the post-war era. - ;'Censorship may have to do with literature', Nadine Gordimer once said, 'but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.' As the history of many repressive regimes shows, this vital borderline has seldom been so clearly demarcated. Just how murky it can some
• Titolo autorizzato: The literature police
• ISBN: 1-282-12612-1; 9786612126123; 0-19-155784-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810361503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II