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Książka Bulletproof Jennifer Wenzel

Bulletproof

Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond

Autor: Jennifer Wenzel
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa people of southern Africa killed the...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Jennifer Wenzel
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2009
strony
328
EAN
9780226893488
ISBN
0226893480
Enbook ID
04550424
Wydawca
The University of Chicago Press
Waga
500
Wymiary
163 x 232 x 20

Pełny opis

In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa people of southern Africa killed their cattle and ceased planting crops; the resulting famine cost tens of thousands of lives. Much like other millenarian, anti colonial movements - such as the Ghost Dance in North America and the Birsa Munda uprising in India - these actions were meant to transform the world and liberate the Xhosa from oppression. Despite the movement's momentous failure to achieve that goal, the event has continued to exert a powerful pull on the South African imagination ever since. It is these afterlives of the prophecy that Jennifer Wenzel explores in "Bulletproof". Wenzel examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Widening her lens, Wenzel also looks at how past failure can both inspire and constrain movements for justice in the present, and her brilliant insights into the cultural implications of prophecy will fascinate readers across a wide variety of disciplines.

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