Bulletproof

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Brand: The University of Chicago Press
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Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond

Szerző: Jennifer Wenzel

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa people of southern Africa killed the...

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Szerző

Jennifer Wenzel

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2009

oldal

304

EAN

9780226893471

ISBN

0226893472

Enbook ID

04550423

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

431

Méretek

152 x 229 x 18

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In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa people of southern Africa killed their cattle and ceased planting crops; the resulting famine cost tens of thousands of lives. Much like other millenarian, anti colonial movements - such as the Ghost Dance in North America and the Birsa Munda uprising in India - these actions were meant to transform the world and liberate the Xhosa from oppression. Despite the movement's momentous failure to achieve that goal, the event has continued to exert a powerful pull on the South African imagination ever since. It is these afterlives of the prophecy that Jennifer Wenzel explores in "Bulletproof". Wenzel examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Widening her lens, Wenzel also looks at how past failure can both inspire and constrain movements for justice in the present, and her brilliant insights into the cultural implications of prophecy will fascinate readers across a wide variety of disciplines.

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