Text or Presence
On Rereading the /Xam and the Interpretation of their Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156817 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Wessels (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 20-39 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02564710802024792 |
| OpenAlex | W2085694570 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The Bleek and Lloyd collection of /Xam materials has elicited a variety of responses from scholars in different disciplines. These include interpretation of the texts, history and biography. Most of this writing has not been subjected to close criticism. I will argue in this paper that Jacques Derrida's critique of the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Claude Lévi-Strauss in Of Grammatology (1976) is applicable to some of the writing that has been produced in relation to the Bleek and Lloyd archive. Derrida's work also illuminates Bleek's ideological framework and the attitudes displayed towards the Bushmen during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Art · Biography · Criticism · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Politics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
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| Highly cited | No |
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