Text, Theory, Space is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia, the contributors investigate the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines which include literature, history, urban and cultural geography, politics and anthropology, the contributors examine crucial issues including: * defining what 'the South' encompasses * investigating ideas of space, history, land and landscape * claiming, naming and...
Text, Theory, Space is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia,...
African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not a form of domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety of social roles are free to comment on power relations in society. It can also be a significant agent of change capable of directing, provoking and recasting social reality.
African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not a form of domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety o...
This collection examines the way in which oral texts both reflect and affect contemporary social and political life in Africa. It addresses questions of power, gender, the dynamics of language use, the representation of social structures and the relation between culture and the state.
This collection examines the way in which oral texts both reflect and affect contemporary social and political life in Africa. It addresses questions ...
"This collection plays a valuable role in bringing together under one roof a range of contemporary work in Southern African cultural studies. By showcasing the work in this way, it will hopefully provide a sharpened focus for debate and pave the way for further anthologies of this type." South African Historical Journal
Important studies of popular culture today in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia."
"This collection plays a valuable role in bringing together under one roof a range of contemporary work in Southern African cultural studies. By sh...
Contributors investigate the multiple roles of radio in the lives of African listeners across the continent. Some essays turn to the history of radio and its part in culture and politics. Others show how radio throws up new tensions, yet endorses social innovation and the making of new publics. A number of contributors look at radio's current role in creating listening communities that radically shift the nature of the public sphere. Yet others cover radio's central role in the emergence of informed publics in fragile national spaces, or in failed states. The book also highlights radio's...
Contributors investigate the multiple roles of radio in the lives of African listeners across the continent. Some essays turn to the history of radio ...
How did Zulu Radio in apartheid South Africa, intended to stifle debate, become one of the largest stations in Africa? Gunner maps the fashioning of a modernising Black culture through radio and highlights links between these media figures with writers and political leaders from Harlem to the American South.
How did Zulu Radio in apartheid South Africa, intended to stifle debate, become one of the largest stations in Africa? Gunner maps the fashioning of a...
