Cultured Violence: Narrative, Social Suffering, and Engendering Human Rights in Contemporary South Africa (Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines): 7

Rosemary Jane Jolly

ISBN 10: 1846312132 / ISBN 13: 9781846312137

Verlag: Liverpool University Press -, 2010

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Inhaltsangabe:

- Genuinely interdisciplinary study examining the impact and repercussions of 'violence' on human rights and culture
- Engages with the work of Nobel Award winning Laureate J. M. Coetzee and other key South African writers
- Explores narratives in attempt to explain why South Africa has the highest rate of gender based violence in the world

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Rosemary Jolly holds appointments in the Department of English, Southern African Research Centre, and the Institute for Population and Public Health at Queen’s University, Canada. She is the author of Colonization, Violence and Narration in White South African Writing: André Brink, Breyten Breytenbach, and J. M. Coetzee.

 

Professor Rosemary Jolly holds appointments in the Department of English; Southern African Research Centre and Institute for Population and Public Health at Queen's University, Canada. Her previous books include Colonization, Violence and Narration in White South African Writing: Breyten Breytenbach, André Brink and J. M. Coetzee (Ohio UP and University of the Witwatersrand P, 1996) and co-editor, with Derek Attridge, of Writing South Africa (Cambridge UP, 1997).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Cultured Violence: Narrative, Social ...
Verlag: Liverpool University Press -
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Very Good