Race, nation, translation : South African essays, 1990-2013 /
Wicomb, Zoë,
Race, nation, translation : South African essays, 1990-2013 / South African essays, 1990-2013 Zoë Wicomb ; edited by Andrew van der Vlies. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (ix, 352 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Hearing the variety of discources -- Part II. Intertextuality and the postcolonial author -- Part III. Interview.
The first collection of nonfiction critical writings by one of the leading literary figures of post-apartheid South Africa The most significant nonfiction writings of Zoë Wicomb, one of South Africa's leading authors and intellectuals, are collected here for the first time in a single volume. This compilation features critical essays on the works of such prominent South African writers as Bessie Head, Nadine Gordimer, Njabulo Ndebele, and J.M. Coetzee, as well as writings on gender politics, race, identity, visual art, sexuality, and a wide range of other cultural and political topics. Also included are a reflection on Nelson Mandela and a revealing interview with Wicomb. In these essays, written between 1990 and 2013, Wicomb offers insight on her nation's history, policies, and people. In a world in which nationalist rhetoric is on the rise and diversity and pluralism are the declared enemies of right-wing populist movements, her essays speak powerfully to a wide range of international issues.
9780300241150
2018938165
Wicomb, Zoë--Political and social views.
Wicomb, Zoë--Interviews.
Cultural pluralism--South Africa.
Electronic Books.
DT1019 / .R334 2018
Race, nation, translation : South African essays, 1990-2013 / South African essays, 1990-2013 Zoë Wicomb ; edited by Andrew van der Vlies. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (ix, 352 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Hearing the variety of discources -- Part II. Intertextuality and the postcolonial author -- Part III. Interview.
The first collection of nonfiction critical writings by one of the leading literary figures of post-apartheid South Africa The most significant nonfiction writings of Zoë Wicomb, one of South Africa's leading authors and intellectuals, are collected here for the first time in a single volume. This compilation features critical essays on the works of such prominent South African writers as Bessie Head, Nadine Gordimer, Njabulo Ndebele, and J.M. Coetzee, as well as writings on gender politics, race, identity, visual art, sexuality, and a wide range of other cultural and political topics. Also included are a reflection on Nelson Mandela and a revealing interview with Wicomb. In these essays, written between 1990 and 2013, Wicomb offers insight on her nation's history, policies, and people. In a world in which nationalist rhetoric is on the rise and diversity and pluralism are the declared enemies of right-wing populist movements, her essays speak powerfully to a wide range of international issues.
9780300241150
2018938165
Wicomb, Zoë--Political and social views.
Wicomb, Zoë--Interviews.
Cultural pluralism--South Africa.
Electronic Books.
DT1019 / .R334 2018