Bulawayo Burning

Name: Bulawayo Burning
Brand: James Currey
SKU: 9781847010209
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The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960

Автор: Terence Ranger

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Издател: James Currey

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This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, whi...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Terence Ranger

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2010

страници

272

EAN

9781847010209

ISBN

1847010202

Enbook ID

04280583

Издател

James Currey

Теглоt

778

Размери

163 x 240 x 25

Пълно описание

This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, which is set in the Bulawayo townships in 1946 and dedicated to the author. It is an attempt to explore what historical research and reconstruction can add to the literary imagination. Responding as it does to a novel, this history imitates some fictional modes. Two of its chapters are in effect 'scenes', dealing with brief periods of intense activity. Others are in effect biographies of 'characters'. The book draws upon and quotes from a rich body of urban oral memory. In addition to this historical/literary interaction the book is a contribution to the historiography of southern African cities, bringing out the experiential and cultural dimensions, and combining black and white urban social history. TERENCE RANGER is Emeritus Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, University of Oxford. Zimbabwe: Weaver Press

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