Writing Namibia: Literature in Transitionedited by Sarala Krishnamurthy and Helen Vale.
Writing Namibia: Literature in Transitionedited by Sarala Krishnamurthy and Helen Vale.
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, (c)2018. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015). Windhoek, Namibia : UNAM Press, (c)2018. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015). (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015).
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 379 pages) :) illustrations.
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / Introduction : setting the context / The shifting grounds of emancipation : from the anti-colonial struggle to a critique of post-colonial society / Gathering scattered archives / Conceptualising national transition : Namibian women's autobiographies about the liberation struggle / Emplotting nationalism : comparing Sam Nujoma's Where others wavered and Joseph Diescho's Born of the sun / The forgotten child of Namibia : an analysis of Misheke Matongo's autobiography / Otjiherero literature in transition from the oral to the written word / Gender stereotypes in Oshiwambo orature / Who speaks at spoken word? Performance poetry in Namibia / 'Call of the Witpenssuikerbekkie' : landscape as symbol in contemporary Namibian poetry / Namibian poetry since independence : a poet's perspective / Representing Namibian drama (1985-2000) : Frederick Philander / When applied theatre is no rehearsal for the revolution / The development in theatre since independence : a director's perspective / Reading Namibian film / The Namibian novel : reflections of an author / Power at the margins : black female agency in two Namibian novels / Autotelic violence : an analysis of selected Namibian short stories in Elizabeth |Khaxas' We must choose life / 'Keeping a pet Bushman alive' : Piet van Rooyen's Namibian oeuvre / Will there be written literature in Ju|'hoansi, a Khoesan language of Namibia? / Multilingual children's books in an independent Namibia : the emergence of a new literature / When the colonised imperialists go post-colonial : Namibian-German literature since independence / Books, words and truth in Namibia : the contribution of New Namibia Books (1990-2005) / Andre du Pisani -- Sarala Krishnamurthy and Helen Vale -- Henning Melber -- Margie Orford -- Kelly Jo Fulkerson-Dikuua -- Patrick Colm Hogan -- Jason Owens and Sarala Krishnamurthy -- Alfeus Tjijoro -- Petrus Mbenzi -- Hugh Ellis and Don Stevenson -- Sarala Krishnamurthy -- Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong interviewed by Helen Vale -- Laurinda Olivier-Sampson -- Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja -- Sandy Rudd interviewed by Helen Vale -- Hans-Christian Mahnke -- Brian Harlech-Jones -- Netta Kornberg -- Juliet S. Pasi and Nelson Mlambo -- Helize van Vuuren -- Kerry Jones and Megan Biesele -- Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer -- Sylvia Schlettwein -- Jane Katjavivi.
Writing Namibia: Literature in Transition is a cornucopia of extraordinary and fascinating material which will be a rich resource for students, teachers and readers interested in Namibia. The text is wide ranging, defining literature in its broadest terms. In its multifaceted approach, the book covers many genres traditionally outside academic literary discourse and debate. The 22 chapters cover literature of all categories in Namibia since independence: written and performance poetry, praise poetry, Oshiwambo orature, drama, novels, autobiography, women's writing, subaltern studies, literature in German, Ju'hoansi and Otjiherero, children's literature, Afrikaans fiction, story-telling through film, publishing, and the interface between literature and society. The inclusive approach is the book's strength as it allows a wide range of subjects to be addressed, including those around gender, race and orature which have been conventionally silenced.
9789991642345 999164234X
Namibian literature--History and criticism.
Electronic Books.
PL8014 / .W758 2018
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / Introduction : setting the context / The shifting grounds of emancipation : from the anti-colonial struggle to a critique of post-colonial society / Gathering scattered archives / Conceptualising national transition : Namibian women's autobiographies about the liberation struggle / Emplotting nationalism : comparing Sam Nujoma's Where others wavered and Joseph Diescho's Born of the sun / The forgotten child of Namibia : an analysis of Misheke Matongo's autobiography / Otjiherero literature in transition from the oral to the written word / Gender stereotypes in Oshiwambo orature / Who speaks at spoken word? Performance poetry in Namibia / 'Call of the Witpenssuikerbekkie' : landscape as symbol in contemporary Namibian poetry / Namibian poetry since independence : a poet's perspective / Representing Namibian drama (1985-2000) : Frederick Philander / When applied theatre is no rehearsal for the revolution / The development in theatre since independence : a director's perspective / Reading Namibian film / The Namibian novel : reflections of an author / Power at the margins : black female agency in two Namibian novels / Autotelic violence : an analysis of selected Namibian short stories in Elizabeth |Khaxas' We must choose life / 'Keeping a pet Bushman alive' : Piet van Rooyen's Namibian oeuvre / Will there be written literature in Ju|'hoansi, a Khoesan language of Namibia? / Multilingual children's books in an independent Namibia : the emergence of a new literature / When the colonised imperialists go post-colonial : Namibian-German literature since independence / Books, words and truth in Namibia : the contribution of New Namibia Books (1990-2005) / Andre du Pisani -- Sarala Krishnamurthy and Helen Vale -- Henning Melber -- Margie Orford -- Kelly Jo Fulkerson-Dikuua -- Patrick Colm Hogan -- Jason Owens and Sarala Krishnamurthy -- Alfeus Tjijoro -- Petrus Mbenzi -- Hugh Ellis and Don Stevenson -- Sarala Krishnamurthy -- Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong interviewed by Helen Vale -- Laurinda Olivier-Sampson -- Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja -- Sandy Rudd interviewed by Helen Vale -- Hans-Christian Mahnke -- Brian Harlech-Jones -- Netta Kornberg -- Juliet S. Pasi and Nelson Mlambo -- Helize van Vuuren -- Kerry Jones and Megan Biesele -- Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer -- Sylvia Schlettwein -- Jane Katjavivi.
Writing Namibia: Literature in Transition is a cornucopia of extraordinary and fascinating material which will be a rich resource for students, teachers and readers interested in Namibia. The text is wide ranging, defining literature in its broadest terms. In its multifaceted approach, the book covers many genres traditionally outside academic literary discourse and debate. The 22 chapters cover literature of all categories in Namibia since independence: written and performance poetry, praise poetry, Oshiwambo orature, drama, novels, autobiography, women's writing, subaltern studies, literature in German, Ju'hoansi and Otjiherero, children's literature, Afrikaans fiction, story-telling through film, publishing, and the interface between literature and society. The inclusive approach is the book's strength as it allows a wide range of subjects to be addressed, including those around gender, race and orature which have been conventionally silenced.
9789991642345 999164234X
Namibian literature--History and criticism.
Electronic Books.
PL8014 / .W758 2018