Refractive Realisms - Literature, Culture and the South African Township

List of contents

1. Reflections and Refractions 2. Refracted Lives 3. After Consumption 4. Ghostly Temporalities 5. The Place of Skin 6. Waste, Prejudice and Possibility 7. Conclusion: The Township Lens

About the author

Megan Jones teaches in the English Studies Department at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Summary

By positioning the “township” as the lens to examine the South African canon, the book undertakes a reorientation towards a black creative archive that surfaces forms of literary and cultural expression that have been overlooked.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Jones, Jones Megan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032942285
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3294228-5
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Transdisciplinary Souths
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Republic of South Africa, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, African History, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity, apartheid South Africa;South Africa;post-apartheid township