At Home With Ivan Vladislavic An African Flaneur Greens the Postcolonial City

This monograph is the first comprehensive analysis of the works of Ivan Vladislavi¿. Bringing a flaneur's sensitivity and deep word hoard to postcolonial Johannesburg, Vladislavi¿ developed an "internal GPS" and a minimalist style, which helped him to establish a critical sense of home and to create a culture of sustainability.

About the author

Gerald Gaylard is a Professor of English at the University of the Witwatersrand. Author of After Colonialism: African Postmodernism and Magical Realism (2006) and editor of Marginal Spaces: Reading Ivan Vladislavić (2011), he has published primarily in the area of postcolonial culture, literature, and aesthetics.

Summary

This monograph is the first comprehensive analysis of the works of Ivan Vladislavic. Bringing a flaneur’s sensitivity and deep word hoard to postcolonial Johannesburg, Vladislavic developed an "internal GPS" and a minimalist style, which helped him to establish a critical sense of home and to create a culture of sustainability.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Gaylard, Gaylard Gerald
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 08.10.2024
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781032332925
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233292-5
• Pages: 264
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
• Subjects: Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, urban ecocriticism, postcolonial urbanism, ecological urban identity, Johannesburg literary studies, literary geography research, minimalist narrative style, sustainability in literature