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Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa
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Description for Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa
Paperback. This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives - historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Van der Vlies, Andrew. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFD; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 218 x 35. Weight in Grams: 838.
This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives - historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as varied as: the role of print cultures in contests over the nature of the colonial public sphere in the nineteenth century; orthography; iimbongi, orature and the canon; book-collecting and libraries; print and transnationalism; Indian Ocean cosmopolitanisms; books in war; how the fates of South African texts, locally and globally, have been affected by their material instantiations; ... Read more
This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives - historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as varied as: the role of print cultures in contests over the nature of the colonial public sphere in the nineteenth century; orthography; iimbongi, orature and the canon; book-collecting and libraries; print and transnationalism; Indian Ocean cosmopolitanisms; books in war; how the fates of South African texts, locally and globally, have been affected by their material instantiations; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868145669
SKU
V9781868145669
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Ref
99-15
About Unknown
Andrew van der Vlies is senior lecturer in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London, and research associate in the department of English literature at Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
Reviews for Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa
Print, text and book cultures in South Africa is a field-defining contribution to the country's literary scholarship. Andrew van der Vlies's introductory essay maps the conceptual terrain in a systematic and engaging way, illustrating its relevance to South Africa's literary and cultural history. The essays that follow demonstrate the archival richness and liveliness of the field, while opening doors to ... Read more