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The Columbia guide to South African literature in English since 1945 /
From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South Afric...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Columbia guides to literature since 1945.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South African literature was preoccupied with the politics of race and social engineering. Since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990, South Africa has been a new nation-in-the-making, inspired by a nonracial idealism yet beset by poverty and violence. South African writers have responded in v. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231503814 9780231503815 |