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Literature and society --- South African literature --- South African literature --- South African literature --- Littérature et société --- Littérature sud-africaine --- Littérature sud-africaine --- Littérature sud-africaine --- Black authors --- History and criticism --- History and criticism --- Social aspects --- Auteurs noirs --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire et critique --- Aspect social

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Afrikaans literature --- Littérature afrikaans --- Littérature sud-africaine --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature afrikaans --- Littérature sud-africaine --- Congrès --- 20e siècle

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From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South African literature was preoccupied with the politics of race and social engineering. Since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990, South Africa has been a new nation-in-the-making, inspired by a nonracial idealism yet beset by poverty and violence. South African writers have responded in various ways to Njabulo Ndebele's call to "rediscover the ordinary." The result has been a kaleidoscope of texts in which evolving cultural forms and modes of identity are rearticulated and explored.An invaluable guide for general readers as well as scholars of African literary history, this comprehensive text celebrates the multiple traditions and exciting future of the South African voice. Although the South African Constitution of 1994 recognizes no fewer than eleven official languages, English has remained the country's literary lingua franca. This book offers a narrative overview of South African literary production in English from 1945 to the postapartheid present. An introduction identifies the most interesting and noteworthy writing from the period. Alphabetical entries provide accurate and objective information on genres and writers. An appendix lists essential authors published before 1945.

South African literature (English) --- Authors, South African --- South African authors --- English literature --- South African literature --- Littérature sud-africaine de langue anglaise --- Écrivains sud-africains --- Dictionnaires --- Biographies --- Littérature sud-africaine de langue anglaise --- Écrivains sud-africains

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This is a study of South African literature through the prism of narratives of sexual violence. While most incidents of sexual assault in South Africa are interracial, narratives of interracial rape have dominated the national imaginary. South African literature has again and again circled back to images of "black peril" (representations of the rape of white women by black men) and "white peril" representations that show the rape of colonised women by colonising men. Taking an historical and comparative perspective, the book uses as theoretical underpinning Michel Foucault's ideas on sexuality and biopolitics and Judith Butler's speculations on race and cultural melancholia. Avoiding a simplistic feminist perspective, the book examines the complex ways in which race, gender and class work together in the literary texts under examination. Where relevant, it examines the production, dissemination and reception of the selected texts. The books argues for an ethically responsible and dialectical approach that recognises high levels of sexual violence in South Africa, but also examines the racialised inferences and assumptions implicit in representations of bodily violation.

South African literature (English) --- Rape in literature. --- Race relations in literature. --- Viol --- Ethnicité --- Littérature sud-africaine de langue anglaise --- History and criticism. --- Dans la littérature --- Histoire et critique --- Ethnicité --- Littérature sud-africaine de langue anglaise --- Dans la littérature

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Set in Cape Town's cosmopolitan neighbourhoods, this novel revolves around Tshepo, a student at Rhodes, who is confined to a mental institution after an episode of 'cannabis-induced psychosis'.

South African literature (English) --- Authors, South African --- Littérature sud-africaine (anglaise) --- Ecrivains sud-africains --- Gay college students --- Gay college students. --- Male prostitution --- Male prostitution. --- Manners and customs. --- Prostitution masculine --- Étudiants homosexuels --- 1900-1999. --- Cape Town (South Africa) --- South Africa --- South Africa. --- Social life and customs