Transnationalism in Southern African Literature
Modernists, Realists, and the Inequality of Print Culture
Taylor and Francis · Print & ebook · August 21, 2008
Considering the growing interest in South African Literature at the moment, this study looks at both the Anglophone literature of South Africa and the lusophone literature of Angola and Mozambique.
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- Who it’s for
- A study of southern African print networks and their literary reach.
- Genres
- African Lit Crit, Comparative Literature, Colonialism & Its Aftermath
- Published
- Taylor and Francis, August 21, 2008
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Considering the growing interest in South African Literature at the moment, this study looks at both the Anglophone literature of South Africa and the lusophone literature of Angola and Mozambique. Stefan Helgesson suggests that the prevalence of ¿colonial¿ languages such as English and Portuguese in ¿anticolonial¿ or ¿postcolonial¿ African Literature is primarily an effect of the print network.
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Helgesson aims to demystify the authority of English and Portuguese by stressing the materiality of the print medium and emphasising the strong transnational and transcontinental vectors of southern African literature after the Second World War.
Southern African Print
A study of southern African print networks and their literary reach.
Come here for
- Anglophone literature of South Africa
- Lusophone literature of Angola and Mozambique
Expect
- An account of how print networks shaped English and Portuguese literary authority
- Attention to transnational and transcontinental vectors after the Second World War
Where it sits
| African Lit Crit | 95% |
|---|---|
| Colonialism & Its Aftermath | 54% |
| Comparative Literature | 46% |
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Publisher categories
- Southern African History
- Authors
- Stefan Helgesson
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Published
- August 21, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Southern African History