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Of Land, Bones, and Money - Toward a South African Ecopoetics (Hardcover)
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Of Land, Bones, and Money - Toward a South African Ecopoetics (Hardcover)
Series: Under the Sign of Nature
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The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the
amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and
history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Of Land,
Bones, and Money examines the shifting role of these poets in South
African society and the ways in which they have helped inform
responses to segregation, apartheid, the injustices of extractive
capitalism, and contemporary politics in South Africa. Emily
McGiffin first discusses the history of the amaXhosa people and the
environment of their homelands before moving on to the arrival of
the British, who began a relentless campaign annexing land and
resources in the region. Drawing on scholarship in the fields of
human geography, political ecology, and postcolonial ecocriticism,
she considers isiXhosa poetry in translation within its cultural,
historical, and environmental contexts, investigating how these
poems struggle with the arrival and expansion of the exploitation
of natural resources in South Africa and the entrenchment of
profoundly racist politics that the process entailed. In
contemporary South Africa, iimbongi remain a respected source of
knowledge and cultural identity. Their ongoing practice of
producing complex, spiritually rich literature continues to have a
profound social effect, contributing directly to the healing and
well-being of their audiences, to political transformation, and to
environmental justice.
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