Text, Theory, Space: Land, Literature and History in South Africa and Australia
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Author: Kate Darian-Smith
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 280
Text, Theory, Space is an unprecedented, landmark text in post colonial criticism and theory. This outstanding and timely collection focuses on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia and explores the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing on expansive disciplines, including: literature, history, urban geography, politics and anthropology, the following crucial issues are examined: * definitions of what 'the South' encompasses * ideas of space, history, land and landscape * claiming, naming and possessing land * national and personal boundaries * questions of race, gender and nationalism
Author: Kate Darian-Smith
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 280
Text, Theory, Space is an unprecedented, landmark text in post colonial criticism and theory. This outstanding and timely collection focuses on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia and explores the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing on expansive disciplines, including: literature, history, urban geography, politics and anthropology, the following crucial issues are examined: * definitions of what 'the South' encompasses * ideas of space, history, land and landscape * claiming, naming and possessing land * national and personal boundaries * questions of race, gender and nationalism
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Kate Darian-Smith
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 280
Text, Theory, Space is an unprecedented, landmark text in post colonial criticism and theory. This outstanding and timely collection focuses on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia and explores the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing on expansive disciplines, including: literature, history, urban geography, politics and anthropology, the following crucial issues are examined: * definitions of what 'the South' encompasses * ideas of space, history, land and landscape * claiming, naming and possessing land * national and personal boundaries * questions of race, gender and nationalism
Author: Kate Darian-Smith
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 280
Text, Theory, Space is an unprecedented, landmark text in post colonial criticism and theory. This outstanding and timely collection focuses on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia and explores the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing on expansive disciplines, including: literature, history, urban geography, politics and anthropology, the following crucial issues are examined: * definitions of what 'the South' encompasses * ideas of space, history, land and landscape * claiming, naming and possessing land * national and personal boundaries * questions of race, gender and nationalism
Text, Theory, Space: Land, Literature and History in South Africa and Australia
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