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Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction.
"South African identities, as they are represented in the contemporary South African novel, are not homogeneous, but fractured and often conflicted: African, Afrikaner, 'colored, ' English, and Indian. None can be regarded as rooted or pure, whatever essentialist claims the members of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal :
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Illustrations fall between pages 160 and 161; Acknowledgements; Introduction Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction; Chapter 1 The Colonial Diaspora: Karel Schoeman, Another Country; Chapter 2 Portraits of Afrikaners: Elsa Joubert, Isobelle's Journey; Chapter 3 Black and White in Colour: Zoë Wicomb, David's Story and Playing in the Light; Chapter 4 Mapping the Indian Diaspora: Aziz Hassim, The Lotus People and Revenge of Kali; Chapter 5 Picturing the African Diaspora: Patricia Schonstein Pinnock, Skyline.
- Chapter 6 A Nomad of the Middle World: Breyten Breytenbach, A Veil of Footsteps (Memoir of a Nomadic Fictional Character)Chapter 7 Performing the African Diaspora: Zakes Mda, Sometimes There is a Void and Cion; Chapter 8 An Uneasy Guest: J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood, Youth, Slow Man and Summertime; Chapter 9 Double Negatives: Exile and Homecoming: IvanVladislavic, Double Negative and Michiel Heyns, Lost Ground; Chapter 10 Diasporic Politics of Home: Nadine Gordimer, None to Accompany Me, The Pickup and No Time Like the Present.
- Chapter 11 Embracing Chaos: Njabulo S. Ndebele, The Cry of Winnie MandelaSelect Bibliography; Index.