South African London

Writing the Metropolis After 1948

South African London
Andrea Thorpe
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Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 288pg
30 Nov 2021 UK
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9781526148551
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This bookpresents a long-ranging and in-depth study of South African writing set in London during the apartheid years and beyond. Since London served as an important site of South African exile and emigration, particularly during the second half of the twentieth-century, the city shaped the history of South African letters in meaningful and material ways. Being in London allowed South African writers to engage with their own expectations of Englishness, and to rethink their South African identities. The book presents a range of diverse and fascinating responses by South African writers that provide nuanced perspectives on exile, global racisms and modernity. Writers studied include Peter Abrahams, Dan Jacobson, Noni Jabavu, Todd Matshikiza, Arthur Nortje, Lauretta Ngcobo, J. M. Coetzee, Justin Cartwright, and Ishtiyaq Shukri. South African London offers an original and multi-faceted take on both London writing and South African twentieth-century literature.
Andrea Thorpe is a member of the Intersecting Diasporas Research Group in the Department of Literary Studies in English at Rhodes University, South Africa
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ISBN-13: 9781526148551
Published: 30 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 288

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