1st Edition
The Frightened Land Land, Landscape and Politics in South Africa in the Twentieth Century
By Jennifer Beningfield
Copyright 2006
352 Pages
30 Color & 83 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
352 Pages
30 Color & 83 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
352 Pages
30 Color & 83 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and... Read more
Section 1: Veld 1. Wilderness & Veld 2. Memory & Inscription 3. Map & Monument Section 2: Farm 4. A Failed Eden 5. ‘Natural’ Identity 6. The Fertile Desert Section 3: ‘Native’ Lands 7. ‘Native’ Lands 8. Language, Nation & Landscape 9. Tribal Landscapes Section 4: Invisible Landscapes 10. Desire & Distance 11. Veld & City 12. Invisibility & Silence Section 5: Erasures 13. Landscapes & Erasures 14. Landscapes of the Imagination 15. Transforming Landscape. Bibliography. Unpublished Sources. Appendix A: South African Time Line B: Key Pieces of Apartheid Legislation
Biography
Jennifer Beningfield
