Writing South Africa
Literature, Apartheid, and Democracy, 1970–1995
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- Editors:
- Derek Attridge, University of York
- Rosemary Jolly, Queen's University, Ontario
- Date Published: February 1998
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521592185
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During the final years of the apartheid era and the subsequent transition to democracy, South African literary writing caught the world's attention as never before. Writing South Africa offers a window on the literary activity of this extraordinary period, conveying its range and its significance for anyone interested in the impact of decolonization and democratization on the cultural sphere. It brings together for the first time discussions by some of the most distinguished South African writers, with those of leading commentators based in South Africa, Britain and North America.
Read more- Includes pieces by leading South African writers André Brink, Miriam Tlali, Mongone Wally Serote, Elleke Boehmer, Lewis Nkosi, Zoe Wicomb, Peter Horn, Zakes Mda, Maishe Maponya
- Huge diversity of contributors - from writers and academics to dramaturges and political activists
- Covers the period 1970–1995, a key period in South Africa which saw the last two decades of apartheid and the transition to democracy
- Useful reference materials: maps, chronology of political events, extensive bibliography
- Addresses literature's political and ethical responsibilities, issues concerning colonialism and postcolonialism
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- Date Published: February 1998
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521592185
- length: 308 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.62kg
- contains: 2 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Maps
Notes on contributors
South Africa 1970–95: a chronology
1. Introduction Rosemary Jolley and Derek Attridge
2. Interrogating silence: new possibilities faced by South African literature André Brink
3. I am dead: you cannot read: André Brink's On the Contrary Peter Horn
4. Endings and new beginnings: South African fiction in translation Elleke Boehmer
5. The post-apartheid sublime: rediscovering the extraordinary Graham Pechey
6. Postmodernism and black writing in South Africa Lewis Nkosi
7. Shame and identity: the case of the coloured in South Africa Zoë Wicomb
8. A man's world: South African gay writing and the state of emergency Michiel Heyns
9. The final safari: on nature, myth and the literature of the Emergency Rita Barnard
10. Interview with Miriam Tlali, interviewed by Rosemary Jolly
11. Speech and silence in the fictions of J. M. Coetzee Benita Parry
12. 'Dialogue' and 'fulfilment' in J. M. Coetzee's Age of Iron David Attwell
13. Interview with Mongone Wally Serote, interviewed by Rolf Solberg
14. Inside out: Jeremy Cronin's lyrical politics Brian Macaskill
15. Spinning out the present: narrative, gender, and the politics of South African theatre Dennis Walder
16. South African theatre in the United States: the allure of the familiar and the exotic Jeanne Colleran
Position Papers:
17. Preparing ourselves for freedom Albie Sachs
18. Challenges facing theatre practitioners in the new South Africa Maishe Maponya
19. Current trends in theatre for development in South Africa Zakes Mda
20. A select bibliography of South African literary writing in English, 1970–95
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