Writing, Politics and Change in South Africa After Apartheid

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Warnes teaches in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He has degrees from the University of Cape Town and the University of KwaZulu-Natal and was formerly a lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He is the author of Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel, the co-editor of Magical Realism and Literature, and has written articles and book chapters on South African literature. Klappentext "This book shows how South African writing can help us to understand change after apartheid. It focusses on changes in the workplace, land reform, indigenous knowledge, xenophobia, corruption and crime, arguing that literary and cultural texts have a unique and powerful capacity for illuminating these issues"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 'Step up for your Hustle': Aspiration and Frustration in the New South Africa ; 2. Empowerment: Popular Romance and the New Black Middle Class ; 3. Writing Crime: Threat, Class, and the Rule of Law; 4. Indigenous Knowledge and the Narrative Art of Recuperation ; 5. Love in the Time of Land Reform; 6. Xenophobia and Xenophilia: Migrancy and the Politics of Contemporary Citizenship.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Warnes, Christopher (University of Cambridge) Warnes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009307369
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0930736-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fiction & related items, History: specific events & topics, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, FICTION / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Republic of South Africa, Indigenous Peoples, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Narrative theme: Politics, Relating to indigenous peoples, Violence in society, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, African History, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, c 1990 to c 1999, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, Cultural policies and debates, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, FICTION / Indigenous / General