UID:
edocfu_9961151252702883
Format:
1 online resource (380 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-906927-42-3
Content:
A rich collection of captivating and remarkable chapters, Writing Namibia Coming of Age presents research of senior academics as well as emerging scholars from Namibia. The book includes wide ranging topics in literature written in English and other Namibian languages, such as German, Afrikaans and Oshiwambo. Almost thirty years after independence, Namibia literature has come of age with new writers experimenting with different genres and varied aspects of literature. As an aesthetic object and social phenomenon, Namibian literature still fulfils the function of social conscience and as new writers emerge, there is ample demonstration that, pluri-vocal as they are, Namibian literary texts relate in a complex manner to the socio-historical trends shaping the country. The Namibian literary-critical tradition continues to paint some versions of Namibia and what we find in this new and highly welcome volume is a canvas of rich voices and perspectives that demonstrate an intricate diversity in terms of culture, language, and themes.
Note:
Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Mindscapes: The Story of Namibia in Art and Stone -- Dealing with Trauma and the Limits to Liberation: Ex-Detainees Speaking Out -- Coming of Age Transnationally - Life Stories of Namibian Child Refugees. A Literature Review -- Whiteness, Power and Privilege? A Critique of a Western Account of the Herero and Nama Genocide in Horst Drechsler's Let Us Die Fighting -- Queering the Archive: African Praxis in Performative Writing -- Afrikaans Dramatist George Weideman's Appeal for Freedom -- Crimes in the Colony. Reading Giselher W. Hoffmann's Novel Diamantenfieber (2006) as a Metaphor of German-Namibian History -- Oral Traditions in German-Namibian Literature. The Südwester Geschichten by Ernst Rudolf Scherz -- Nayi tye ngaa waka - Now it is Obvious: The Significance of Oshiwambo Wedding Songs in the 21〈sup〉st〈/sup〉 Century -- Herero-Nama Genocide as Historical Fiction: A New Historical Analysis of Mama Namibia, The Scattering, and The Lie of the Land -- Ecocriticism and Verse: Insights from Tales of the rainbow: A collection of poems in English by Julia Amukoshi and A true me in words: An anthology of poems by Annelie Nghikembwa -- Exploring Herero Genocide Survivor Narratives -- Authoring the "Unspeakables", Moralising the Public Sphere: A Literary Examination of Social Commitment and the Artistic Vision in Sifiso Nyathi's Œuvre -- Catharsis in Namibian Women's Autobiography -- Representations of Post-Independence Leadership in Selected Namibian Poetry (1990-2020) -- Interrogating the Narrative "#Men Are Trash" in Namibian Women's Spoken Poetry with a Focus on Gender-Based Violence -- List of Contributors -- Back Matter.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Krishnamurthy, Sarala Writing Namibia - Coming of Age University Park : Basler Afrika Bibliographien,c2022 ISBN 9783906927411
Language:
English
