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Text, theory, space : land, literature and history in South Africa and Australia / edited by Kate Darian-Smith, Liz Gunner and Sarah Nuttall.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colonies in literature--Congresses.
- Colonies in literature.
- Decolonization in literature--Congresses.
- Decolonization in literature.
- South African literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
- South African literature.
- Australian literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
- Australian literature.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 263 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Summary:
- "Text, Theory, Space" is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies--South Africa and Australia--the contributors investigate the meaning of "the South" as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines, the contributors examine crucial issues such as: defining what "The South" encompasses; investigating ideas of claiming, naming and possessing land; national and personal boundaries; and questions of race, gender and nationalism.
- Notes:
- Based on a conference "Southern spaces: land, representation and identity in South African and Australian literatures" organized by the School of African and Oriental Studies and the Sir Ralph Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at London University.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415124077
- 0415124085
- OCLC:
- 35921465
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