Violence and Memory in Zimbabwean Literature Armed Peace in the Postcolonial Era

This book investigates how Zimbabwean literary texts subvert state-sponsored amnesia when it comes to the many forms of past and ongoing political violence in Zimbabwe. Situated at the interface of memory studies and literary criticism, this book will interest researchers of African literature, politics, development, and history.

Info autore

Tanaka Chidora is a Humboldt Fellow (2021-2023), a lecturer in the Department of Literary Studies at the University of Malawi and a research fellow in the Deparment of English, University of the Free State, South Africa. He is the Co-Chief Editor of Matatu: Journal for African Literary and Cultural Studies. Chidora is the author of Because Sadness is Beautiful? (2019), a collection of poems published to critical acclaim in Zimbabwe. The manuscript of his forthcoming novel, Born Location, was longlisted for the Island Prize as Carrying a Country on Your Forehead in 2023.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tanaka Chidora
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.12.2025
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9781032749556
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274955-6
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Serie: Routledge Studies in African Literature
• Categorie: Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Developing Countries, Colonialism & imperialism, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Social and cultural anthropology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, postcolonial trauma studies, transitional justice literature, literary resistance Zimbabwe, African memory politics, trauma and reconciliation in Zimbabwean fiction, state violence narratives, genocide representation literature