Against Normalization - Writing Radical Democracy in South Africa

"An important, topical, beautifully written, challenging, and always interesting book. Delicately melding close reading with political vision, O'Brien presents a carefully contextualized introduction to South African writers of the last two decades and includes a consideration of their many genres."--Margaret Daymond, editor of "South African Feminisms: Writing, Theory, and Criticism, 1990-1994"

Sommario

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Normalization or Radical Democracy

1. Radical Democracy and the Electoral Sublime

2. Njabulo Ndebele and Radical-Democratic Culture

3. Against Normalization: Cultural Identity from Below

4. Staging Whiteness: Beckett, Havel, Maponya

5. Locations of Feminism: Ingrid de Kok’s Familiar Ground

6. No Turning Back: Nise Malange and the Onset of Workers’ Culture

7. Lines of Flight: Bessie Head, Arthur Nortje, Dambudzo Marechera

Epilogue: Postapartheid Narratives: The House Gun and Fools

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Anthony O’Brien is Associate Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anthony O'Brien
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.04.2001
• EAN: 9780822325710
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2571-0
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 149 mm x 228 mm x 24 mm
• Peso: 517 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature