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Writing my reading : essays on literary politics in South Africa
- Title
- Writing my reading : essays on literary politics in South Africa / Peter Horn.
- Author
- Horn, Peter.
- Publication
- Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1994.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc D 95-780 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Details
- Description
- xi, 172 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cross/cultures, 0924-1426 ; 15
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172).
- Contents
- Privacy, fantasy and politics -- Art is like breathing freely : the necessity of a people's culture -- Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most popular poet of them all? -- "We all sat round a faia" : South African texts in a sociological context -- Men talk women talk -- A radical rethinking of the art of poetry in an apartheid society -- What is a tribal dress? : the "imbongi" (praise singer) and the "people's poet" -- Popularizing representations of the anti-imperialist struggle in German documentary theatre and South African workers' theatre -- A volcano in the night of oppression : reflections on the poetry of Mongane Serote -- The psychological pauperization of man in our society : reflections on the poetry of Wopko Jensma -- Vibrating energy and disturbing invocation : Mzwakhe Mbuli's Before dawn -- Poetry is about the mythical time lost : Ari Sitas' Tropical scars -- "I have gaped at the barrel of your gun" : Abduraghiem Johnstone's Poems from the valley of amazement -- The self-presence of the poet inside : Jeremy Cronin's Inside -- The right of the people to censor the arts -- Freeing the word : struggles against linguistic controls in our society.
- Call Number
- Sc D 95-780
- ISBN
- 9051837232
- OCLC
- 32137271
- NYPG95-B5004
- Author
- Horn, Peter.
- Title
- Writing my reading : essays on literary politics in South Africa / Peter Horn.
- Imprint
- Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1994.
- Series
- Cross/cultures, 0924-1426 ; 15
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172).
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 95-780JFE 96-8730