Description
| Product ID: | 9781032004389 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Transdisciplinary Souths |
| Title: | Claiming the City in South African Literature |
| Authors: | Author: Meg Samuelson |
| Page Count: | 126 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Society and culture: general, Urban communities, Regional geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Literary theory, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Society & culture: general, Urban communities, Regional geography, Urban & municipal planning, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ireland, Africa, Republic of South Africa, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book demonstrates the insights that literature brings to transdisciplinary urban studies, and particularly in the study of cities of the south. It surveys more than a century of South African writing with the aim of tracing the forms through which the city has been constituted and refigured in literature. This book demonstrates the insights that literature brings to transdisciplinary urban studies, and particularly to the study of cities of the South. Starting from the claim staked by mining capital in the late nineteenth century and its production of extractive and segregated cities, it surveys over a century of writing in search of counterclaims through which the literature reimagines the city as a place of assembly and attachment. Focusing on how the South African city has been designed to funnel gold into the global economy and to service an enclaved minority, the study looks to the literary city to advance a contrary emphasis on community, conviviality and care. An accessible and informative introduction to literature of the South African city at significant historical junctures, this book will also be of great interest to scholars and students in urban studies and Global South studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge India |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-25 |
