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Bulletproof : afterlives of anticolonial prophecy in South Africa and beyond / Jennifer Wenzel.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wenzel, Jennifer, 1969-
Contributor:
ebrary, Inc.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African literature--Political aspects.
African literature.
South African literature.
South Africa--History--Xhosa Cattle-Killing, 1856-1857.
South Africa.
History.
South Africa--Politics and government--1836-1909.
Politics and government.
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
South African literature--19th century--History and criticism.
South African literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) : illustrations, map
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Writing resurrection and reversal: the cattle killing and other nineteenth-century millennial dreams
Spectral and textual ancestors: new African intermediation and the politics of intertextuality
The promise of failure: memory, prophecy, and temporal disjunctures of the South African twentieth century
Weapons of struggle and weapons of memory: thinking time beyond apartheid
Ancestors without borders: the cattle killing as global reimaginary.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
Print version: Bulletproof.
ISBN:
0226893499
9780226893495
Publisher Number:
99944019333
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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