South African textual cultures : white, black, read all over /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Van der Vlies, Andrew, 1974-
Imprint:	Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.
Description:	xiii, 223 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	South African literature -- History and criticism. Publishers and publishing -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century. Publishers and publishing -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century. Publishers and publishing. South African literature. South Africa. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6828798

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ISBN:	9780719076145 (hbk.) 0719076145 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-214) and index.
Summary:	This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the fields of South African, African and general colonial and postcolonial literatures and history, as well as those with an interest in print and media cultures, and the history of the book.
Other form:	Online version: Van der Vlies, Andrew Edward, 1974- South African textual cultures. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: South African textual cultures
2. Farming stories (I): Olive Schreiner's fates
3. 'Hurled by what aim to what tremendous range!': Roy Campbell, William Plomer and the politics of reputation
4. Whose Beloved Country? Alan Paton and the hypercanonical
5. Alex La Guma's marginal aesthetics and the institutions of protest
6. Farming stories (II): J. M. Coetzee and the (heart of a) country
7. Zakes Mda's novel educations
Afterword: white(s) and black(s), read all over
Bibliography
Index

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