| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; UNSETTLING SETTLER IDENTITY; INDIGENOUS GARDENING, BELONGING, AND BEWILDERMENT; REVOLUTIONARIES OR SELL-OUTS?; SELF-TRANSLATION, UNTRANSLATABILITY; WAITING FOR THE RUSSIANS; DEPLORATIONS; "WHICH WORLD? WHOSE WORLD?"; BARBARA ADAIR'S IN TANGIER WE KILLED THE BLUE PARROT; LIVING IN THE WORLD OF 'OTHERS'; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX. |
| Summary |
This collection poses two overarching questions: Is there a role for the literary imagination in postcolonial studies? And where might one locate South Africa or, more generally, South/African perspectives, in a field delineated primarily by northern institutional purposes and practices? While engaging with contemporary debates the essays seek to turn current postcolonial emphases on theoretical formulations and issue-driven interpretation towards the subjective experience of literary texts ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
South African literature -- History and criticism.
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South African literature. |
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Chapman, Michael (Michael J. F.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Postcolonialism. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008 9781847185990 (DLC) 2009368624 (OCoLC)238899480 |
| ISBN |
9781847185990 (hardback) |
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1847185991 (hardback) |
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9781443809252 (electronic book) |
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144380925X (electronic book) |
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