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Narrating a White Africa: autobiography, race and history
Citation
Simoes da Silva, AJ, Narrating a White Africa: autobiography, race and history, Third World Quarterly, 26, (3) pp. 471-478. ISSN 0143-6597 (2005) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1080/01436590500033784
Abstract
The last three decades have witnessed a radical transformation in the political and social make-up of Southern Africa, evidenced especially than in the areas of race and power relations. 'Narrating a White Africa: Autobiography, race and history' examines the ways in which life-writing forms are being 'conscripted' to make sense of the fraught and traumatic political and historical conditions of postcolonial Africa. That in the context of life-writing this occurs through the highly charged notions of intimate suffering and traumatic aftermath highlights the significance of the link between race, identity and history in contemporary memoirs by White African writers. © 2005 Third World Quarterly.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Cultural studies |
Research Field: | Postcolonial studies |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | Literature |
UTAS Author: | Simoes da Silva, AJ (Professor Tony Simoes da Silva) |
ID Code: | 102769 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2015-09-04 |
Last Modified: | 2015-09-04 |
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