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Reconsiderations : South African Indian fiction and the making of race in postcolonial culture
- Title
- Reconsiderations : South African Indian fiction and the making of race in postcolonial culture / Ronit Frenkel.
- Author
- Frenkel, Ronit.
- Publication
- Pretoria : Unisa Press, ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR9362.6.E17 F74 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 165 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Introduction -- Reconsidering current theory: Ishtiyaq Shukri's The silent minaret and 'South Africa in the global imaginary' -- Writing South Africa in diaspora: Imraan Coovadia's The wedding and Shamin Sarif's The world unseen [sic: common spelling is Shamim Sarif] -- Performing race, reconsidering history: Achmat Dangor's recent fiction -- Ordinary secrets and the bounds of memory: traversing the TRC in Farida Karodia's Other secrets and Beverley Naidoo's Out of bounds -- Reconsidering late apartheid literature: the short stories of Agnes Sam and Jayapraga Reddy -- Conclusion: reconsidering -- Appendix: brief historical chronology from colonialism onwards.
- Alternative Title
- South African Indian fiction and the making of race in postcolonial culture
- Subject
- Shukri, Ishtiyaq, 1968-
- Coovadia, Imraan
- Sarif, Shamim
- Dangor, Achmat, 1948-
- Karodia, Farida
- Naidoo, Beverley, 1943-
- Sam, Agnes, 1942-
- Reddy, Jayapraga, 1947-1996
- South African fiction (English) > East Indian authors > History and criticism
- Race in literature
- Group identity in literature
- East Indian diaspora in literature
- East Indians in literature
- East Indian diaspora in literature
- East Indians in literature
- Group identity in literature
- Race in literature
- Literatur
- Englisch
- Motiv
- Rassische Identität
- Inder
- Südafrika (Staat)
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Fiction.
- Romans.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-160) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Reconsidering current theory: Ishtiyaq Shukri's The silent minaret and 'South Africa in the global imaginary' -- Writing South Africa in diaspora: Imraan Coovadia's The wedding and Shamin Sarif's The world unseen -- Performing race, reconsidering history: Achmat Dangor's recent fiction -- Ordinary secrets and the bounds of memory: traversing the TRC in Farida Karodia's Other secrets and Beverley Naidoo's Out of bounds -- Reconsidering late apartheid literature: the short stories of Agnes Sam and Jayapraga Reddy -- Conclusion: reconsidering -- Appendix: brief historical chronology from colonialism onwards.
- ISBN
- 9781868885480
- 1868885488
- LCCN
- 2011389871
- OCLC
- ocn644657418
- 644657418
- SCSB-1562053
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library