UID:
edoccha_9959148377702883
Format:
1 online resource (369 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-21353-0
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1-134-21354-9
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1-282-32052-1
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9786612320521
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0-203-01691-2
Content:
An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and also refers to contemporary work done in Australia, England and the US. It probes the uncertainty and ambiguity of identities and cultures in post-apartheid society in order to gain a deep understan
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustration credits; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Veld; Chapter 1 Wilderness and veld; Chapter 2 Memory and inscription; Chapter 3 Map and monument; Part 2 Farm; Chapter 4 A failed Eden; Chapter 5 'Natural' identity; Chapter 6 The fertile desert; Part 3 'Native' lands; Chapter 7 'Native' lands; Chapter 8 Language, nation and landscape; Chapter 9 Tribal landscapes; Part 4 Invisible landscapes; Chapter 10 Desire and distance; Chapter 11 Veld and city; Chapter 12 Invisibility and silence; Part 5 Erasures
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Chapter 13 Landscapes and erasuresChapter 14 Landscapes of the imagination; Chapter 15 Transforming landscape; Notes; Appendix A: South African timeline; Appendix B: Main apartheid legislation in South Africa; Bibliography; Archives and other sources; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-36555-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-36593-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203016916
