Refractive Realisms

Auteur

Megan Jones teaches in the English Studies Department at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Résumé
By positioning the township as the lens to examine the South African canon, the book undertakes a reorientation towards a black creative archive that surfaces forms of literary and cultural expression that have been overlooked.

Contenu

1. Reflections and Refractions 2. Refracted Lives 3. After Consumption 4. Ghostly Temporalities 5. The Place of Skin 6. Waste, Prejudice and Possibility 7. Conclusion: The Township Lens