Of Land, Bones, and Money: Toward a South African Ecopoetics McGiffin Emily
Of Land, Bones, and Money: Toward a South African Ecopoetics McGiffin Emily The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of…
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Of Land, Bones, and Money: Toward a South African Ecopoetics McGiffin Emily
The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Drawing on scholarship in the fields of human geography, political ecology, and postcolonial ecocriticism, she considers isiXhosa poetry in translation within its cultural, historical, and environmental Of Land, Bones, and Money examines the shifting role of these poets in South African society and the ways in which they have helped inform responses to segregation, apartheid, the injustices of extractive capitalism, and contemporary politics in South Africa.Emily McGiffin first discusses the history of the amaXhosa people and the environment of their homelands before moving on to the arrival of the British, who began a relentless campaign annexing land and resources in the region.
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