Popular Spaces in Post-Apartheid Literature : Race, Gender, and Liberation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Nafeesa T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism.

Space in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book analyzes how racialized and gendered city spaces are presented in post-apartheid South African literature.

Contents:

Acknowledgments Introduction: Popular Spaces in Transition? Part I: Space 1. Critical Readings of Post-Apartheid Spaces: Geographies of Disillusionment and Blackness 2. "I Secretly Believe that Makhulu is of Royal Blood": Navigating Geographies of Containment and Concealment Part II: Gender 3. Intimate Violence and Sexual Assault in Kopano Matlwa's Coconut: Carving Spaces of Feminist Liberation in Post-Apartheid South African Literature 4. Creative Interrogations of Gender and Space in Post-Apartheid Fiction Part III: Popular Spaces 5. Kwaito Aesthetics and Spaces of Liberation in Post-Apartheid South African Literature 6. "Stronger Together?": Navigating Feminism and Popular Culture in Coconut and The Madams Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author

ISBN:

979-88-8189-118-3

1-66692-271-4

9781666922714

OCLC:

1561170452