Spaces and Crossings

Essays on Literature and Culture in Africa and Beyond

364 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This collection of essays includes a variety of approaches to different interpretations of ‘space’. Some deal with aspects of (post)colonialism, mapping, and identity formation, while others grapple with the positionality of ‘in between’ as well as with issues of multiculturalism and intertextuality. The spaces of art, beliefs and institutions are examined, as are the intellectual and artistic activities involved in articulating and defining space. It is a book of tendencies, which gives some indication of the new work being done in South Africa as well as in the broader global context, and reflects different moments of conflict and negotiation within the social relations of different societies from pre-apartheid South Africa to the present. The essays chosen for this volume broach the fantastic and sexual dimensions of cultural spaces and cultural production, issues of marginality and power, hybridity, gender identity, ideology and technology.

• Reihe: Literary and Cultural Theory
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen
• ISBN: 9783631375204
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.03.2001
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Band herausgegeben von: Rita Wilson, Carlotta von Maltzan