| Spaces and Crossings: Essays on Literature and Culture in Africa and Beyond Contributor(s): Kalaga, Wojciech (Editor), Wilson, Rita (Editor), Von Maltzan, Carlotta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631375204 ISBN-13: 9783631375204 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $121.32 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 809.04 |
| Series: Literary and Cultural Theory |
| Physical Information: 362 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays includes a variety of approaches to different interpretations of 'space'. Some deal with aspects of (post)colonialism, mapping, and identity formation, while others grapple with the positionality of 'in between' as well as with issues of multiculturalism and intertextuality. The spaces of art, beliefs and institutions are examined, as are the intellectual and artistic activities involved in articulating and defining space. It is a book of tendencies, which gives some indication of the new work being done in South Africa as well as in the broader global context, and reflects different moments of conflict and negotiation within the social relations of different societies from pre-apartheid South Africa to the present. The essays chosen for this volume broach the fantastic and sexual dimensions of cultural spaces and cultural production, issues of marginality and power, hybridity, gender identity, ideology and technology. |