Appropriating space and transcending boundaries in The Africa House by Christina Lamb and Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda

Bibliographic Data

ID20156359
AuthorsMarita Wenzel (a Associate Professor of English , Potchefstroom University , South Africa, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume19
Issue3-4
Pages316-330
Publication date2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387
PublisherUnisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.1080/02564710308530334
OpenAlexW1997202319
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

The appropriation of space and construction of shelter is part of the human endeavour to conceptualise being in and of the world. Places are defined spaces that serve as points of orientation, with the implication that space exists where humans are and vice versa. Houses, in particular, feature as places or sites that occupy and define personal space; they are not only adapted to a person's lifestyle and indicative of his/her identity but also serve as metaphors of certain periods and value systems. A comparison of The Africa House (2000) by Christina Lamb and Ways of Dying (1995) by Zakes Mda explores the concept of houses as constructs of identity and illustrates how they could be perceived to identify and reflect the cultural boundaries and imaginative worlds of their periods of origin and authors

Aesthetics · Appropriation · Epistemology · Linguistics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture

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