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Against Normalization: Writing Radical Democracy In South Africa (Postcontemporary Interventions),Used
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At the end of apartheid, under pressure from local and transnational capital and the hegemony of Westernstyle parliamentary democracy, South Africans felt called upon to normalize their conceptions of economics, politics, and culture in line with these Western models. In Against Normalization, however, Anthony OBrien examines recent South African literature and theoretical debate which take a different line, resisting this neocolonial outcome, and investigating the role of culture in the formation of a more radically democratic society.OBrien brings together an unusual array of contemporary South African writing: cultural theory and debate, worker poetry, black and white feminist writing, Black Consciousness drama, the letters of exiled writers, and postapartheid fiction and film. Paying subtle attention to wellknown figures like Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, and Njabulo Ndebele, but also foregrounding lessstudied writers like Ingrid de Kok, Nise Malange, Maishe Maponya, and the Zimbabwean Dambudzo Marechera, he reveals in their work the construction of a political aesthetic more radically democratic than the current normalization of nationalism, ballotbox democracy, and liberal humanism in culture could imagine. Juxtaposing his readings of these writers with the theoretical traditions of postcolonial thinkers about race, gender, and nation like Paul Gilroy, bell hooks, and Gayatri Spivak, and with others such as Samuel Beckett and Vaclav Havel, OBrien adopts a uniquely comparatist and internationalist approach to understanding South African writing and its relationship to the cultural settlement after apartheid.With its appeal to specialists in South African fiction, poetry, history, and politics, to other Africanists, and to those in the fields of colonial, postcolonial, race, and gender studies, Against Normalization will make a significant intervention in the debates about cultural production in the postcolonial areas of global capitalism.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'Against Normalization'? A: The main theme of 'Against Normalization' is the critique of the normalization of Western-style democracy and the exploration of a more radically democratic society through South African literature and cultural theory.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Against Normalization' is Anthony O'Brien.
- Q: What type of literature does the book discuss? A: The book discusses a variety of contemporary South African literature, including worker poetry, feminist writing, Black Consciousness drama, and postapartheid fiction and film.
- Q: When was 'Against Normalization' published? A: The book was published on April 13, 2001.
- Q: What is the condition of the book being sold? A: The book is listed as a used book in good condition.
- Q: How many pages does 'Against Normalization' have? A: The book has a total of 352 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of the book? A: The binding type of 'Against Normalization' is paperback.
- Q: Is there any specific audience that this book targets? A: Yes, the book targets specialists in South African fiction, poetry, history, politics, and those in the fields of colonial and postcolonial studies.
- Q: What kind of approach does Anthony O'Brien take in this book? A: Anthony O'Brien adopts a comparatist and internationalist approach to understanding South African writing and its cultural context after apartheid.
- Q: Does the book include analyses of well-known South African authors? A: Yes, the book includes analyses of well-known authors such as Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head, as well as less-studied writers.