Elizabeth Le Roux
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3592089 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Elizabeth Le Roux |
| NOMBRES | Elizabeth |
| APELLIDO | Le Roux |
| FIRMA | LE ROUX E |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4766-5822 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Narratives of Transformation in South African Publishing in the 1990s
Balancing Cultural, Literary and Financial Capital in Trade Publishing
This article is an historical analysis of the changing editorial strategy of Tafelberg, a South African publisher. It aims to shed light on the culture-commerce divide in South African publishing, the changing cultural and social impact of a publisher specialising in a minority language, and the nexus of editorial philosophies, language and nationalism. The research considers Bourdieu’s (1993) conceptualisation of the fields of culture with their…
Megagrazer loss drives complex landscape-scale biophysical cascades
Wild animals can modulate ecosystem-climate feedbacks, e.g. through impacts on vegetation and associated carbon dynamics. However, vegetation cover and composition also affect land surface albedo, which is an important component of the global energy budget. We currently know very little about the influence of wild animals on land surface albedo and the resulting climate forcing of these albedo changes. Leveraging a unique, ecosystem-scale, semi-e…
Exploring Transnational Dimensions of Activism in Contemporary Book Culture
Exploring Transnational Dimensions of Activism in Contemporary Book Culture: Introduction. Un article de la revue Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture (Explorer les dimensions transnationales de l’activisme dans la culture contemporaine du livre) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Power to the People
The black power salute is a powerful call to arms for resistance and social change. In South Africa, black power is tied up with the Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s, aiming to reclaim black identity. Integral to this attempt was the use of cultural and intellectual means, and under its aegis writers’ groups started forming in place of political groups (which were suppressed), as a base for mobilisation and collective action. But these w…
Publishing against Apartheid South Africa
In many parts of the world, oppositional publishing has emerged in contexts of state oppression. In South Africa, censorship laws were enacted in the 1960s, and the next decade saw increased pressure on freedom of speech and publishing. With growing restrictions on information, activist publishing emerged. These highly politicised publishers had a social responsibility, to contribute to social change. In spite of their cultural, political and soc…
The myth of the ‘book famine’ in African publishing
The publishing industry in Africa is usually described in terms of ‘booklessness’, ‘hunger’ or ‘famine’. But does this language of scarcity reflect the realities of book production and consumption? In this paper, the concept of ‘book famine’ is analysed as a central frame of discourse on African books, using a survey of existing documentation. Two ways of responding to book famine – provision and production – are identified, and the shortcomings …
Miriam Tlali and Ravan Press
In a committed anti-apartheid publisher like Ravan Press in the 1970s and 1980s, the selection of authors was usually based on political or ideological grounds as well as the quality of their writing. As a result, Ravan was harassed and subjected to censorship. But to what extent did Ravan’s social position and capital inform the author–publisher relationship? One relatively well-known case is that of Miriam Tlali, described as ‘the first black w…
Introduction
Research into print culture studies in Africa has largely been dominated by histories of how European missionaries, colonial administrators and traders brought the book and literacy to Africa, by w
Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene
Between the Cathedral and the Market
Between the Cathedral and the Market
University presses are often said to lie between the ‘cathedral’ and the ‘market’. 1 What this means is that they have to balance the symbolic capital of knowledge production and the economic capital of commercial viability, to use Bourdieusian terms. 2 South Africa’s four university presses now find themselves in this position, but historically they were not: cushioned by subventions, they did not compete with commercial publishers, and, at the …
Publishing South African scholarship in the global academic community
South Africa's academic publishing history has been profoundly influenced by its colonial heritage. This is reflected in the publication of Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society (later, the Royal Society of South Africa) from 1878. Although the Society and journal sought to promote original research about South Africa, it was modelled after the Royal Society in London and formed part of an imperial scientific community. As the l…
Discrimination in scholarly publishing
(2015). Discrimination in scholarly publishing. Critical Arts: Vol. 29, Discrimination in scholarly publishing, pp. 703-704
The production and reception of Deon Meyer’s works
Deon Meyer is a household name in South Africa as a bestselling crime fiction author. This article explores how and why Meyer’s career has evolved in the way that it has, in an attempt to answer the question of what has made him so successful. The focus is not, like so much academic analysis of fiction, on the form or content of Meyer’s work, but rather on the wider social context, and in particular the publishing and reception history of this au…
Unique perspectives on South Africa’
Publishers’ and booksellers’ marketing campaigns are aimed at ‘target audiences’ – groups \nof potential book buyers who can be demographically and geographically segmented. This \nsegmentation is not always overt, but in the case of a ‘buy local’ campaign, it becomes \nso. One example is the ‘Homebru’ promotion run annually by South Africa’s biggest trade \nbookseller, Exclusive Books. The campaign aims to promote South African publishing, and a…
South African crime fiction
In this essay we demonstrate how the burgeoning field of South African crime fiction has responded to the birth and development of a democratic, post-apartheid South African state. First, an overview of South African crime fiction in the last 20 years is presented. Then the essay presents an argument for South African crime fiction to be regarded as the ‘new political novel’, based on its capacity for socio-political analysis. We use Deon Meyer, …
South African Crime and Detective Fiction in English
Against the general assumption that crime and detective fiction has only recently emerged as a genre in South African publishing, this essay will consider the publishing history of this genre in South Africa. The question that is considered is whether trade or general-interest publishers targeting a mass audience in South Africa have produced 'whodunnits' in addition to their output of cookbooks and romance fiction? The evidence of writers like J…
Book History in the African World
African print culture has not been widely studied from a historical perspective. Many studies focus on the present, without interrogating the historical developments that led to the present situation. We do find information available on what has been published over time, but little attention has been paid to the material forms of texts, their distribution, marketing, readership, or impact. Much earlier work is also largely descriptive. It is only…
Unsung Heroines
This essay examines both media reports on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and the TRC's final report, to determine the reasons why women are portrayed in the media — when they are portrayed at all — almost exclusively as victims. This author examines media reports which deal with the testimony of women who lived through the period of social conflict (1960 to 1994) covered by the TRC. Building on theories that argue that …
Unsung Heroines
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
South African Crime and Detective Fiction in English
Against the general assumption that crime and detective fiction has only recently emerged as a genre in South African publishing, this essay will consider the publishing history of this genre in South Africa. The question that is considered is whether trade or general-interest publishers targeting a mass audience in South Africa have produced 'whodunnits' in addition to their output of cookbooks and romance fiction? The evidence of writers like J…
Book History in the African World
African print culture has not been widely studied from a historical perspective. Many studies focus on the present, without interrogating the historical developments that led to the present situation. We do find information available on what has been published over time, but little attention has been paid to the material forms of texts, their distribution, marketing, readership, or impact. Much earlier work is also largely descriptive. It is only…
Introduction
Research into print culture studies in Africa has largely been dominated by histories of how European missionaries, colonial administrators and traders brought the book and literacy to Africa, by w
Miriam Tlali and Ravan Press
In a committed anti-apartheid publisher like Ravan Press in the 1970s and 1980s, the selection of authors was usually based on political or ideological grounds as well as the quality of their writing. As a result, Ravan was harassed and subjected to censorship. But to what extent did Ravan’s social position and capital inform the author–publisher relationship? One relatively well-known case is that of Miriam Tlali, described as ‘the first black w…
The production and reception of Deon Meyer’s works
Deon Meyer is a household name in South Africa as a bestselling crime fiction author. This article explores how and why Meyer’s career has evolved in the way that it has, in an attempt to answer the question of what has made him so successful. The focus is not, like so much academic analysis of fiction, on the form or content of Meyer’s work, but rather on the wider social context, and in particular the publishing and reception history of this au…
Unique perspectives on South Africa’
Publishers’ and booksellers’ marketing campaigns are aimed at ‘target audiences’ – groups \nof potential book buyers who can be demographically and geographically segmented. This \nsegmentation is not always overt, but in the case of a ‘buy local’ campaign, it becomes \nso. One example is the ‘Homebru’ promotion run annually by South Africa’s biggest trade \nbookseller, Exclusive Books. The campaign aims to promote South African publishing, and a…
Unsung Heroines
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Unsung Heroines
This essay examines both media reports on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and the TRC's final report, to determine the reasons why women are portrayed in the media — when they are portrayed at all — almost exclusively as victims. This author examines media reports which deal with the testimony of women who lived through the period of social conflict (1960 to 1994) covered by the TRC. Building on theories that argue that …
Unsung Heroines
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Book History in the African World
African print culture has not been widely studied from a historical perspective. Many studies focus on the present, without interrogating the historical developments that led to the present situation. We do find information available on what has been published over time, but little attention has been paid to the material forms of texts, their distribution, marketing, readership, or impact. Much earlier work is also largely descriptive. It is only…
South African Crime and Detective Fiction in English
Against the general assumption that crime and detective fiction has only recently emerged as a genre in South African publishing, this essay will consider the publishing history of this genre in South Africa. The question that is considered is whether trade or general-interest publishers targeting a mass audience in South Africa have produced 'whodunnits' in addition to their output of cookbooks and romance fiction? The evidence of writers like J…
The production and reception of Deon Meyer’s works
Deon Meyer is a household name in South Africa as a bestselling crime fiction author. This article explores how and why Meyer’s career has evolved in the way that it has, in an attempt to answer the question of what has made him so successful. The focus is not, like so much academic analysis of fiction, on the form or content of Meyer’s work, but rather on the wider social context, and in particular the publishing and reception history of this au…
Unique perspectives on South Africa’
Publishers’ and booksellers’ marketing campaigns are aimed at ‘target audiences’ – groups \nof potential book buyers who can be demographically and geographically segmented. This \nsegmentation is not always overt, but in the case of a ‘buy local’ campaign, it becomes \nso. One example is the ‘Homebru’ promotion run annually by South Africa’s biggest trade \nbookseller, Exclusive Books. The campaign aims to promote South African publishing, and a…
South African crime fiction
In this essay we demonstrate how the burgeoning field of South African crime fiction has responded to the birth and development of a democratic, post-apartheid South African state. First, an overview of South African crime fiction in the last 20 years is presented. Then the essay presents an argument for South African crime fiction to be regarded as the ‘new political novel’, based on its capacity for socio-political analysis. We use Deon Meyer, …
Between the Cathedral and the Market
Between the Cathedral and the Market
University presses are often said to lie between the ‘cathedral’ and the ‘market’. 1 What this means is that they have to balance the symbolic capital of knowledge production and the economic capital of commercial viability, to use Bourdieusian terms. 2 South Africa’s four university presses now find themselves in this position, but historically they were not: cushioned by subventions, they did not compete with commercial publishers, and, at the …
Publishing South African scholarship in the global academic community
South Africa's academic publishing history has been profoundly influenced by its colonial heritage. This is reflected in the publication of Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society (later, the Royal Society of South Africa) from 1878. Although the Society and journal sought to promote original research about South Africa, it was modelled after the Royal Society in London and formed part of an imperial scientific community. As the l…
Discrimination in scholarly publishing
(2015). Discrimination in scholarly publishing. Critical Arts: Vol. 29, Discrimination in scholarly publishing, pp. 703-704
Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene
Miriam Tlali and Ravan Press
In a committed anti-apartheid publisher like Ravan Press in the 1970s and 1980s, the selection of authors was usually based on political or ideological grounds as well as the quality of their writing. As a result, Ravan was harassed and subjected to censorship. But to what extent did Ravan’s social position and capital inform the author–publisher relationship? One relatively well-known case is that of Miriam Tlali, described as ‘the first black w…
Introduction
Research into print culture studies in Africa has largely been dominated by histories of how European missionaries, colonial administrators and traders brought the book and literacy to Africa, by w
Publishing against Apartheid South Africa
In many parts of the world, oppositional publishing has emerged in contexts of state oppression. In South Africa, censorship laws were enacted in the 1960s, and the next decade saw increased pressure on freedom of speech and publishing. With growing restrictions on information, activist publishing emerged. These highly politicised publishers had a social responsibility, to contribute to social change. In spite of their cultural, political and soc…
The myth of the ‘book famine’ in African publishing
The publishing industry in Africa is usually described in terms of ‘booklessness’, ‘hunger’ or ‘famine’. But does this language of scarcity reflect the realities of book production and consumption? In this paper, the concept of ‘book famine’ is analysed as a central frame of discourse on African books, using a survey of existing documentation. Two ways of responding to book famine – provision and production – are identified, and the shortcomings …
Exploring Transnational Dimensions of Activism in Contemporary Book Culture
Exploring Transnational Dimensions of Activism in Contemporary Book Culture: Introduction. Un article de la revue Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture (Explorer les dimensions transnationales de l’activisme dans la culture contemporaine du livre) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Power to the People
The black power salute is a powerful call to arms for resistance and social change. In South Africa, black power is tied up with the Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s, aiming to reclaim black identity. Integral to this attempt was the use of cultural and intellectual means, and under its aegis writers’ groups started forming in place of political groups (which were suppressed), as a base for mobilisation and collective action. But these w…
Balancing Cultural, Literary and Financial Capital in Trade Publishing
This article is an historical analysis of the changing editorial strategy of Tafelberg, a South African publisher. It aims to shed light on the culture-commerce divide in South African publishing, the changing cultural and social impact of a publisher specialising in a minority language, and the nexus of editorial philosophies, language and nationalism. The research considers Bourdieu’s (1993) conceptualisation of the fields of culture with their…
Megagrazer loss drives complex landscape-scale biophysical cascades
Wild animals can modulate ecosystem-climate feedbacks, e.g. through impacts on vegetation and associated carbon dynamics. However, vegetation cover and composition also affect land surface albedo, which is an important component of the global energy budget. We currently know very little about the influence of wild animals on land surface albedo and the resulting climate forcing of these albedo changes. Leveraging a unique, ecosystem-scale, semi-e…
Narratives of Transformation in South African Publishing in the 1990s
Sociology (15 obras) · Law (14 obras) · Political science (14 obras) · History (11 obras) · Media studies (11 obras) · Publishing (11 obras) · Art (9 obras) · Law (8 obras) · South African History and Culture (8 obras) · African history and culture studies (7 obras)