Kabbo's Challenge
Transculturation and the Question of a South African Ecocriticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Wylie (0000-0002-0148-8525, corresponding author), Dan Wylie |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 252-270 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564710701568113 |
| OpenAlex | W1986670969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
The presence of the "Bushman" in southern African literature and media is pervasive; it is arguably an ineradicable part of our regional identity. Literature derived from San or Bushman testimony provides both an opportunity and a problem for an ecologically orientated critic. This article focuses on Alan James's versions of the testimony of //Kabbo, in the Bleek-Lloyd archive, to explore the question of whether any articulations of the "Bushman" world view might provide a localised basis for a regionally-specific "ecocriticism". It suggests that both tradition and modernity will be inescapable elements of such an ecocriticism, best encompassed in a dynamic version of Ortiz's notion of transculturation
Aesthetics · Art · Ecocriticism · Epistemology · Literature · Modernity · Sociology · Transculturation · African cultural and philosophical studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · History · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |