Speaking Places
Prison, Poetry, and the South African Nation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9251035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rita Barnard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 155-176 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2001.32.3.155 |
| OpenAlex | W2074301666 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
Ernest Renan's definition of the essence of a nation?that all indi? viduals must have a lot in common and also that they must all have forgotten a great deal?has perhaps never seemed so apt as it does in the case of postapartheid South Africa (Bhabha 11). Indeed, the history of that country's transition to democracy has at times been so stirring that one could be forgiven for applying Renan's observation in the positive way he intended?without the irony that recent theorizing on the nationalism would teach us to detect in it. Consider the following account of Nelson Mandela's joyous inauguration ceremony in 1994
Art · Ceremony · Criminology · Democracy · Irony · Literature · Nationalism · Poetry · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Theology · History · Law · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2017 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |