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Writing as Resistance

Life Stories of Imprisonment, Exile, and Homecoming from Apartheid South Africa

Paul Gready author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:28th Apr '03

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Writing as Resistance charts the inner workings of apartheid, through the encounters— imprisonment, exile, and homecoming— that crucially defined its violent reign and ultimate overthrow. Author Paul Gready demonstrates the transformative nature of autobiographical narrative as resistance in the context of political struggle. This multidisciplinary study addresses a range of important contemporary topics: migration, postcolonialism, globalization, nationalism, human rights, and political democratization, among others. While informed by the work of South African writers— including Breytenbach, Coetzee, First, Krog, Modisane, and Serote— and adding to the literature on the apartheid era, this book speaks to all cultures of violence. With this important work Gready sheds new light on the relationship between violence and creativity.

...can be seen as a contribution to this vitial work of memory. * Research in African Literatures *
. . . .Gready's work is excellent, providing a strong combination of psychological insight and literary analysis.. . . An excellent presentation of the variety of reactions and provides a fascinating perspective on the many members of the government who are themselves returnees from various exiles. Strongly recommended. * African Studies Review *

ISBN: 9780739105955

Dimensions: 237mm x 157mm x 32mm

Weight: 626g

350 pages