Postcolonialism : South/African perspectives
Postcolonialism in literature South African literature LITERARY CRITICISM Criticism, interpretation, etc sähkökirjat
Cambridge Scholars Pub.
2008
EISBN 9781443809252
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.
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 ...
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 ...
