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Article: Theorising landscape and identity in the new South Africa.(Storyscapes: South African Perspectives on Literature, Space and Identity)(Book Review)
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- Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Viljoen, Hein & Van der Merwe, Chris. 2004. Storyscapes: South African Perspectives on Literature, Space and Identity. New York: Peter Lang. 200 p. Price: $24,95. ISBN 0-8204-6789-8.
Reviewer: Gail Fincham (Department of English, University of Cape Town)
Storyscapes deals with "the postcolonial understanding of South African land, landscape and space ... in relation to race, class and gender identity" (publishers' blurb) since the democratic transition of 1994. Prefaced by a thoughtful Introduction ("Learning about Space, and about Ourselves") and divided into sections addressing "Stories and Identities", "Places and Landscapes", and "Cultural ...