Diaspora and identity in South African fiction / / J. U. Jacobs.
"South African identities, as they are represented in the contemporary South African novel, are not homogeneous, but fractured and often conflicted: African, Afrikaner, 'colored,' English, and Indian. None can be regarded as rooted or pure, whatever essentialist claims the members of...
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Jacobs, J. U. (Johan U.), author. Diaspora and identity in South African fiction / J. U. Jacobs. Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal : University of KwaZulu Natal Press, 2016. 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "South African identities, as they are represented in the contemporary South African novel, are not homogeneous, but fractured and often conflicted: African, Afrikaner, 'colored,' English, and Indian. None can be regarded as rooted or pure, whatever essentialist claims the members of these various ethnic and cultural communities might want to make for them. All of them, this study argues, are deeply divided and have arisen, directly or indirectly, out of the experience of diasporic displacement, migration, and relocation, from the colonial, African, and Indian diasporas to present-day migrations into and out of South Africa, as well as diasporic dislocations within Africa. The book contains 20 works by 12 contemporary South African novelists - Breyten Breytenbach, J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Aziz Hassim, Michiel Heyns, Elsa Joubert, Zakes Mda, Njabulo S. Ndebele, Karel Schoeman, Patricia Schonstein Pinnock, Ivan Vladislavic, and Zoe Wicomb - and shows how diaspora is a dominant theme in contemporary South African fiction, and how the diasporic subject is a most recognizable figure."--Back cover. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. South African fiction Criticism and interpretation. Identity (Psychology) in literature. South Africans Migrations. South Africans Race identity. South Africans Ethnic identity. African diaspora in literature. East Indian diaspora in literature. Electronic books. Print version: Jacobs, J. U. Diaspora and identity in South African fiction. Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal : University of KwaZulu Natal Press, 2016 ix, 354 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm 9781869143015 (OCoLC)ocn925438615 ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=4717543 Click to View |
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