Screen LibraryBlack Consciousness and South Africa s National Literature /
A compelling account of the development of Black Consciousness as a cultural phenomenon, which complements and extends existing intellectual and literary histories. Ranging from BC s 1970s heyday to its contemporary legacy, this timely study includes illuminating discussion of key Soweto Poets and t...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57940-5 |
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A compelling account of the development of Black Consciousness as a cultural phenomenon, which complements and extends existing intellectual and literary histories. Ranging from BC s 1970s heyday to its contemporary legacy, this timely study includes illuminating discussion of key Soweto Poets and their post-apartheid successors, whom Penfold strikingly dubs Poets of No Sure Place . A significant contribution to South African studies. --Dr Peter Blair, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Chester, UK This book analyses Black Consciousness poetry and theatre from the 1970s through to the |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XI, 122 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319579405 |
| Index Number: | PL8009 |
| CLC: | I106.6 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The History of Black Consciousness -- Chapter 3. Literary Journals and the Direction of the Nation -- Chapter 4. Black Consciousness and the Soweto Poets -- Chapter 5. Theatrical Performance in the 1980s -- Chapter 6. The Poets of No Sure Place -- Chapter 7. Continuing Imaginings -- Bibliography -- Index.-. |