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Contested Criminalities in Zimbabwean Fiction (Paperback)
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Contested Criminalities in Zimbabwean Fiction (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa
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This book addresses the ways in which writers deploy the trope of
contested criminality to expose Zimbabwe's socially and politically
oppressive cultures in a wide range of novels and short stories
published in English between 1994 and 2016. Some of the most
influential authors that are examined in this book are Yvonne Vera,
Petina Gappah, NoViolet Bulawayo, Brian Chikwava, Christopher
Mlalazi, Tendai Huchu and Virginia Phiri. The author uses the
Zimbabwean experience to engage with critical issues facing the
African continent and the world, providing a thoughtful reading of
contemporary debates on illegal migration, homophobia, state
criminality and gender inequalities. The thematic focus of the book
represents a departure from what Schulze-Engler notes elsewhere as
postcolonial discourse's habit of suggesting that the legacies of
colonialism and the predominance of the 'global North' are
responsible for injustice in the Global South. Using the context of
Zimbabwe, it is shown that colonialism is not the only image of
violence and injustice, but that there are other forms of injustice
that are of local origin. Throughout the book, it is argued that in
speaking about contested criminalities, writers call attention to
the fact that laws are violated, some laws are unjust and some
crimes are henceforth justified. In this sense crime, (in)justice
and the law are portrayed as unstable concepts.
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