‘Reterritorialising’ the land: Agaat and cartography
In this article, I look at the ways in which Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat re-orders the ideas of stewardship and land ownership in the South African plaasroman by invoking notions of cartography. I argue that cartography is particularly important for postcolonial theory because writers may project sp...
Main Author: | Gail Fincham |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
2017-03-01
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Series: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde |
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Online Access: | https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1801 |
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