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Claiming the City in South African Literature (Transdisciplinary Souths)

Meg Samuelson

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Description:This book demonstrates the insights that literature brings to transdisciplinary urban studies, and particularly in the study of cities of the south. It surveys more than a century of South African writing - from the origins of the industrial city to the first two decades of democracy - with the aim of tracing the forms through which the city has been constituted and refigured in literature. It focuses on the extractive and enclaved city that was produced from the inaugural claim staked by mining capital in the late nineteenth century and tracks the ways in which the literature issues various counter claims in order to reimagine the city as a place of assembly and attachment. The study argues for a reading of the South African city as both distinctive and closely tied to the global economy into which it has been designed to funnel gold, and looks to the literary city to advance a contrary emphasis on community, conviviality, and care.An accessible and informative introduction to the major literary depictions of and responses to the South African city at significant historical junctures, this book will be of great interest to scholars and students of both literature and South Africa, as well those working in urban studies and Global South studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Claiming the City in South African Literature (Transdisciplinary Souths). To get started finding Claiming the City in South African Literature (Transdisciplinary Souths), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book demonstrates the insights that literature brings to transdisciplinary urban studies, and particularly in the study of cities of the south. It surveys more than a century of South African writing - from the origins of the industrial city to the first two decades of democracy - with the aim of tracing the forms through which the city has been constituted and refigured in literature. It focuses on the extractive and enclaved city that was produced from the inaugural claim staked by mining capital in the late nineteenth century and tracks the ways in which the literature issues various counter claims in order to reimagine the city as a place of assembly and attachment. The study argues for a reading of the South African city as both distinctive and closely tied to the global economy into which it has been designed to funnel gold, and looks to the literary city to advance a contrary emphasis on community, conviviality, and care.An accessible and informative introduction to the major literary depictions of and responses to the South African city at significant historical junctures, this book will be of great interest to scholars and students of both literature and South Africa, as well those working in urban studies and Global South studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Claiming the City in South African Literature (Transdisciplinary Souths). To get started finding Claiming the City in South African Literature (Transdisciplinary Souths), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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