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Post-Apartheid criticism : perceptions of whiteness, homosexuality, and democracy in South Africa / Ives S. Loukson

Loukson, Ives S., 1981- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Bielefeld : transcript, [2020]

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Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Post-apartheid criticism / Loukson, Ives S. (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-3-8394-4919-6

978-3-8376-4919-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.14361/9783839449196

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Basisklassifikation: 18.07 (Englische Literatur außerhalb Großbritanniens und der USA) ; 17.94 (Literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen; Rezeption)

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*Südafrika ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Weißsein ; Homosexualität ; Demokratie ; Hochschulschrift      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Homosexuality in literature ; Literature and society -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century ; Literature and society -- South Africa -- History -- 21st century ; Politics and literature -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century ; Politics and literature -- South Africa -- History -- 21st century ; Post-apartheid era -- South Africa ; Race relations in literature ; South African literature (English) -- History and criticism

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Abstract -- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO: Form and Signification: Idiosyncrasy of South African Post-Apartheid Narrative -- CHAPTER THREE: South African post-apartheid Hegemony. Discourse as Negation of Relation and Social Representations -- CHAPTER FOUR: Extricating Democracy, Whiteness, and Homosexuality from Social Representations for the Embodiment of Relation in post-apartheid Narrative -- CHAPTER FIVE: Relation as aesthetics Intervention of Post-Apartheid Narrative for a truly and inclusive (profane) Democracy -- CHAPTER SIX: Conclusion. Toward Post-Apartheid Criticism -- Works Cited

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South Africa' s post-apartheid narrative is one of democracy and equality - but its flaws run deep, argues Ives S. Loukson. Disclosing prejudices about whiteness, homosexuality and democracy in the »staged society«, he claims the concept of relation as an adequate framework for the embodiment of »profane democracy« understood in Agambian terms. Its fluidity is equated to openness and transparency that are relevant dimensions for profane democracy. A demonstration of literary criticism practiced as a fecund interdisciplinary activity, Loukson's study lays the foundation for post-apartheid criticism different from post-colonial criticism

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