Homelands, Harlem and Hollywood

Auteur

Rob Nixon is the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment at Princeton University, USA.

Texte du rabat

Originally published in 1994, Homelands, Harlem & Hollywood examines the anti-colonialist struggle against apartheid, and the ways in which American and South African culture have been fascinated with and influenced by one another.

Contenu

Part 1: The American Connection 1. Harlem, Hollywood and the Sophiatown Renaissance 2. The Devil in the Black Box 3. Cry White Season Part 2: Exit Visas and No Entry Signs 4. Border Country 5. Apartheid on the Run 6. Sunset on Sun City Part 3: South African Culture and the Aftermath of the Cold War 7. Mandela, Messianism and the Media 8. An Everybody Claim Dem Democratic 9. The Retreat from Communism and Anti-Communism 10. Of Balkans and Bantustans.