The frightened land land, landscape, and politics in South Africa in the twentieth century

An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this boo...

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Other Authors: Beningfield, Jennifer., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Taylor & Francis 2006
2006.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429714606719
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustration credits; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Veld; Chapter 1 Wilderness and veld; Chapter 2 Memory and inscription; Chapter 3 Map and monument; Part 2 Farm; Chapter 4 A failed Eden; Chapter 5 'Natural' identity; Chapter 6 The fertile desert; Part 3 'Native' lands; Chapter 7 'Native' lands; Chapter 8 Language, nation and landscape; Chapter 9 Tribal landscapes; Part 4 Invisible landscapes; Chapter 10 Desire and distance; Chapter 11 Veld and city; Chapter 12 Invisibility and silence; Part 5 Erasures
  • Chapter 13 Landscapes and erasuresChapter 14 Landscapes of the imagination; Chapter 15 Transforming landscape; Notes; Appendix A: South African timeline; Appendix B: Main apartheid legislation in South Africa; Bibliography; Archives and other sources; Index