Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa

Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 9781474430241
ISBN-13 : 1474430244
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Book Synopsis Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa by : Johnson David Johnson

Download or read book Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa written by Johnson David Johnson and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembles for the first time the many different texts imagining the future after the end of apartheidExplores the history of how the future in South Africa after the end of apartheid was imagined Provides the first literary-cultural history of South African speculative fictionStudies the literary-political cultures of the five major traditions of South African anti-colonial/ anti-segregationist/ anti-apartheid thoughtFocusing on well-known and obscure literary texts from the 1880s to the 1970s, as well as the many manifestos and programmes setting out visions of the future, this book charts the dreams of freedom of five major traditions of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid resistance: the African National Congress, the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, the Communist Party of South Africa, the Non-European Unity Movement and the Pan-Africanist Congress. More than an exercise in historical excavation, Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa raises challenging questions for the post-apartheid present.


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