Of dirt, disinfection and purgation: Discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literature

Of dirt, disinfection and purgation: Discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literature

This paper examines post-independent Zimbabwean literary narratives which engage with how the ruling ZANU-PF government frames dissenting voices as constituting dirt, filth and undesirability. Making use of Achille Mbembe's postulations on the "vulgarity of power" and Kenneth W. Harro...

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Main Author: Gibson Ncube
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2018-03-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
Subjects:
dirt
filth
disease
dissenting voices
state violence
power
Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1548

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