{"product_id":"writing-south-africa-literature-apartheid-and-democracy-1970-1995-hardback-9780521592185","title":"Writing South Africa; Literature, Apartheid, and Democracy, 1970–1995 (Hardback) 9780521592185","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWriting South Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiterature, Apartheid, and Democracy, 1970–1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeading South African writers and commentators examine literature during and after the apartheid era.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDerek Attridge (Edited by), Rosemary Jolly (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521592185, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 January 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...accessible to upper-division undergraduates and above....\"    Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDuring the final years of the apartheid era and the subsequent transition to democracy, South African literary writing caught the world's attention as never before. Writers responded to the changing political situation and its daily impact on the country's inhabitants with works that recorded or satirised state-enforced racism, explored the possibilities of resistance and rebuilding, and creatively addressed the vexed question of literature's relation to politics and ethics. Writing South Africa offers a window on the literary activity of this extraordinary period that conveys its range (going well beyond a handful of world-renowned names) and its significance for anyone interested in the impact of decolonisation and democratisation on the cultural sphere. It brings together for the first time discussions by some of the most distinguished South African novelists, poets, and dramatists, with those of leading commentators based in South Africa, Britain and North America.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e South Africa 1970–95: a chronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Rosemary Jolley and Derek Attridge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Interrogating silence: new possibilities faced by South African literature André Brink\u003cbr\u003e 3. I am dead: you cannot read: André Brink's On the Contrary Peter Horn\u003cbr\u003e 4. Endings and new beginnings: South African fiction in translation Elleke Boehmer\u003cbr\u003e 5. The post-apartheid sublime: rediscovering the extraordinary Graham Pechey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Postmodernism and black writing in South Africa Lewis Nkosi\u003cbr\u003e 7. Shame and identity: the case of the coloured in South Africa Zoë Wicomb\u003cbr\u003e 8. A man's world: South African gay writing and the state of emergency Michiel Heyns\u003cbr\u003e 9. The final safari: on nature, myth and the literature of the Emergency Rita Barnard\u003cbr\u003e 10. Interview with Miriam Tlali, interviewed by Rosemary Jolly\u003cbr\u003e 11. Speech and silence in the fictions of J. M. Coetzee Benita Parry\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Dialogue' and 'fulfilment' in J. M. Coetzee's Age of Iron David Attwell\u003cbr\u003e 13. Interview with Mongone Wally Serote, interviewed by Rolf Solberg\u003cbr\u003e 14. Inside out: Jeremy Cronin's lyrical politics Brian Macaskill\u003cbr\u003e 15. Spinning out the present: narrative, gender, and the politics of South African theatre Dennis Walder\u003cbr\u003e 16. South African theatre in the United States: the allure of the familiar and the exotic Jeanne Colleran\u003cbr\u003e Position Papers: 17. Preparing ourselves for freedom Albie Sachs\u003cbr\u003e 18. Challenges facing theatre practitioners in the new South Africa Maishe Maponya\u003cbr\u003e 19. Current trends in theatre for development in South Africa Zakes Mda\u003cbr\u003e 20. A select bibliography of South African literary writing in English, 1970–95\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129187127576,"sku":"9780521592185","price":104.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521592185i.jpg?v=1691666293","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/writing-south-africa-literature-apartheid-and-democracy-1970-1995-hardback-9780521592185","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}