Elizabeth Gunner
Biographic Data
| ID | 86593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Gunner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Gunner |
| SIGNATURE | GUNNER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature
Text, Theory, Space
Text, Theory, Space is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia, the contributors investigate the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines which include literature, history, urban and cultural geography, politics and anthropology, the contributors examine crucial issues including: * defin…
Still Beating the Drum
Lewis Nkosi is one of South Africa’s foremost writers and critics, and one of the few survivors of the exile generation dating from the Drum era. Up until now, however, no full length study has been done on his work. This is a gap in South African literary history and criticism that this book is intended to fill. Besides his well known earlier works, Nkosi is still very much an active writer as the publication in 2002 of his novel, Underground Pe…
Zulu writing
Oladele Taiwo, Female Novelists of Modern Africa. London
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Power house, prison house - an oral genre and its use in Isaiah Shembe's Nazareth Baptist church
(1988). Power house, prison house — an oral genre and its use in Isaiah Shembe's Nazareth Baptist church. Journal of Southern African Studies: Vol. 14, Culture and Consciousness in Southern Africa, pp. 204-227
A dying tradition? African oral literature in a contemporary context1
This paper on the use of performances of oral literary genres in South African political organisations such as Inkatha, in Zulu Royal institutions, and in trade union movements (FOSATU, MAWU, SAWU, and others), is concerned with the use of the past in contemporary political activity, and with the question of whether oral literature will survive as a viable genre. The pressure exerted on oral literature by written genres seems to threated their co…
Books reviewed
Jeff Guy, The Heretic A Study of the Life of John William Colenso 1814–1883 (Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg: Ravan Press and University of Natal Press, 1983). Pp. xii+378. £11.95 paperback. (Available in the U.K. from Third World Publications). J. Opland, Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tradition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983). Pp. xii+303. £25. Brian Willan, Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist 1876–1932 (…
Text, Theory, Space
Text, Theory, Space is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia, the contributors investigate the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines which include literature, history, urban and cultural geography, politics and anthropology, the contributors examine crucial issues including: * defin…
A dying tradition? African oral literature in a contemporary context1
This paper on the use of performances of oral literary genres in South African political organisations such as Inkatha, in Zulu Royal institutions, and in trade union movements (FOSATU, MAWU, SAWU, and others), is concerned with the use of the past in contemporary political activity, and with the question of whether oral literature will survive as a viable genre. The pressure exerted on oral literature by written genres seems to threated their co…
Power house, prison house - an oral genre and its use in Isaiah Shembe's Nazareth Baptist church
(1988). Power house, prison house — an oral genre and its use in Isaiah Shembe's Nazareth Baptist church. Journal of Southern African Studies: Vol. 14, Culture and Consciousness in Southern Africa, pp. 204-227
Books reviewed
Jeff Guy, The Heretic A Study of the Life of John William Colenso 1814–1883 (Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg: Ravan Press and University of Natal Press, 1983). Pp. xii+378. £11.95 paperback. (Available in the U.K. from Third World Publications). J. Opland, Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tradition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983). Pp. xii+303. £25. Brian Willan, Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist 1876–1932 (…
A dying tradition? African oral literature in a contemporary context1
This paper on the use of performances of oral literary genres in South African political organisations such as Inkatha, in Zulu Royal institutions, and in trade union movements (FOSATU, MAWU, SAWU, and others), is concerned with the use of the past in contemporary political activity, and with the question of whether oral literature will survive as a viable genre. The pressure exerted on oral literature by written genres seems to threated their co…
Zulu writing
Oladele Taiwo, Female Novelists of Modern Africa. London
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Power house, prison house - an oral genre and its use in Isaiah Shembe's Nazareth Baptist church
(1988). Power house, prison house — an oral genre and its use in Isaiah Shembe's Nazareth Baptist church. Journal of Southern African Studies: Vol. 14, Culture and Consciousness in Southern Africa, pp. 204-227
Text, Theory, Space
Text, Theory, Space is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia, the contributors investigate the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines which include literature, history, urban and cultural geography, politics and anthropology, the contributors examine crucial issues including: * defin…
Still Beating the Drum
Lewis Nkosi is one of South Africa’s foremost writers and critics, and one of the few survivors of the exile generation dating from the Drum era. Up until now, however, no full length study has been done on his work. This is a gap in South African literary history and criticism that this book is intended to fill. Besides his well known earlier works, Nkosi is still very much an active writer as the publication in 2002 of his novel, Underground Pe…
Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature
Art (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Literature (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works)