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Is crime fiction the new `political novel’ in South Africa? Why
did the apartheid censors disapprove of crime fiction more than any
other genre? Crime fiction continues to be a burgeoning literary
category in post-apartheid South Africa, with more new authors,
titles and themes emerging every year. This book is the first
comprehensive survey of South African crime fiction. It provides an
overview of this phenomenally successful literary category, and
places it within its wider social and historical context. The
authors specialise in both literary studies and print culture, and
this combination informs a critical analysis and publishing history
of South African crime fiction from the nineteenth century to the
present day. The book provides a literary lineage while considering
different genres and sub-genres, as well as specific themes such as
gender and eco-criticism. The inclusion of a detailed bibliography
of crime fiction since the 1890s makes A Survey of South African
Crime Fiction an indispensable teaching and study aid.
This book of interdisciplinary essays serves to situate the
original Sherlock Holmes, and his various adaptations, in a
contemporary cultural context. This collection is prompted by three
main and related questions: firstly, why is Sherlock Holmes such an
enduring and ubiquitous cultural icon; secondly, why is it that
Sherlock Holmes, nearly 130 years after his birth, is enjoying such
a spectacular renaissance; and, thirdly, what sort of communities,
imagined or otherwise, have arisen around this figure since the
most recent resurrections of Sherlock Holmes by popular media?
Covering various media and genres (TV, film, literature, theatre)
and scholarly approaches, this comprehensive collection offers
cogent answers to these questions.
This book of interdisciplinary essays serves to situate the
original Sherlock Holmes, and his various adaptations, in a
contemporary cultural context. This collection is prompted by three
main and related questions: firstly, why is Sherlock Holmes such an
enduring and ubiquitous cultural icon; secondly, why is it that
Sherlock Holmes, nearly 130 years after his birth, is enjoying such
a spectacular renaissance; and, thirdly, what sort of communities,
imagined or otherwise, have arisen around this figure since the
most recent resurrections of Sherlock Holmes by popular media?
Covering various media and genres (TV, film, literature, theatre)
and scholarly approaches, this comprehensive collection offers
cogent answers to these questions.
Pillay, a trailblazer in Human Rights Law, was born in 1941 to a
humble Indian family in apartheid South Africa. She faced enormous
obstacles to her aspirations for further education and a meaningful
career. However, in 1967 she was the first black woman in South
Africa to set up a law practice which she used to defend many
anti-apartheid activists. She also used her skills to protect the
rights of political prisoners and remarkably, in 1973, she
succeeded in obtaining legal representation and basic amenities for
the inmates of Robben Island. In 1995 when the first democratic
government was formed in South Africa, Nelson Mandela nominated
Pillay as the first black female judge in the Supreme Court. In the
same year she joined the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda. Since then Pillay has become one the world's leading
advocates in the field of human rights. The biography of Navi
Pillay is part of Arcadia's BlackAmber Inspiration series edited by
Rosemarie Hudson, founder of BlackAmber. These pocket-sized
biographies, aimed at students and general readers alike, celebrate
African, Caribbean and Asian heroes.
This anthology of essays, deliberates chiefly on the notion of
locating home through the lens of the mythical idea of Trishanku,
implying in-between space and homing, in diaspora women's
narratives, associated with the South Asian region. The idea of
in-between space has been used differently in various cultures but
gesture prominently on the connotation of 'hanging' between worlds.
Historically, imperialism and the indentured/ 'grimit' system,
triggered dispersal of labourers to the various colonies of the
British. Of course, this was not the only cause of international
migratory processes. The partition of India and Pakistan led to
large scale migration. There was Punjabi migration to Canada.
Several Indians, particularly the Gujaratis travelled to Africa for
business reasons. South Indians travelled to the Gulf for
employment. There were migrations to East Asian countries under the
kangani system. Again, these were not the only reasons. The process
of demographic movement from South Asia, has been complex due to
innumerable push-pull factors. The subsequent generations of
migrants included the twice, thrice (and likewise) displaced
members of the diaspora. Racial denigration and Orientalist
perceptions plagued their lives. They belonged to various
ethnicities and races, inhabited marginalized spaces and strived to
acculturate in the host society. Complete cultural assimilation was
not possible, creating layered and hyphenated identities. These
intricate social processes resulted in amalgamation and
cross-pollination of cultures, inter-racial relationships and
hybridization in all terrains of culture-language, music, fashion,
cuisine and so on. Situated in this matrix was the notion of Home-a
special personal space which an individual could feel as belonging
to, very strongly. Nostalgia, loss of home, culture shock and
interracial encounters problematized this discernment of
belongingness and home. These multifarious themes have been
captured by women writers from the South Asian region and this book
looks at the various aspects related to negotiating home in their
narratives.
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