The contributions in this volume examine literary and other texts as well as cultural and political discourses in relation to issues of identity formation and dis-formation, of self and society and of the socially local within the global. All these issues come into play through the exploration of the fantasmatic space of mutual mis-recognition and mythmaking between coloniser and colonised, between 'Africa' and 'Europe'.
The contributions in this volume examine literary and other texts as well as cultural and political discourses in relation to issues of identity formation and dis-formation, of self and society and of the socially local within the global. All these issues come into play through the exploration of the fantasmatic space of mutual mis-recognition and mythmaking between coloniser and colonised, between 'Africa' and 'Europe'.
The Editor: Carlotta von Maltzan is an Associate Professor for German in the School of Literature and Language Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She has published books on Heiner Müller and Klaus Mann and she has written numerous articles on contemporary German and European literature. She is co-editor of the journal Acta Germanica and several other volumes.
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Contents: Carlotta von Maltzan: Introduction: En/Countering Myths Thokozile Chaane: Hide and Seek Lutz van Dijk: Black Inspiration Renate Welsh: My African Myths Gcina Mhlophe: Fly, Hat, Fly! Gunther Pakendorf: Travellers at the Cape, and what they saw Mawuena Logan: The Image of Africa in the Age of Imperialism and Beyond: The Myth of Postcolonial Africa Kathleen Thorpe: «The state and dignity of an English Gentleman». Thoughts on King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard Bert Olivier: Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan Myth and/or Critique? Catherine du Toit: Beyond the Mask: Guy de Maupassant in Algeria Karen Bouwer: Werewere Liking's It Shall Be of Jasper and Coral: Of Skins and Masks Violet B. Lunga: Of Hair Identities: Stretching Postcolonial Cultural Identities Suzanne de Villiers Human: Art and Magic: The Mask of Wildness Kennedy C. Chinyowa: Battling between Alienation and Desire: Images of «European ness/Western ness» in Contemporary Zimbabwean Literature Lynda Morgan: Landscapes of Guilt and Desire in the Novels of Thirza Nash Raylene Ramsay: Under the Influence? The Work of Mariama Bâ, Tradition, Islam and the Universal Pamela S. Saur: European Literary Encounters with North Africa's Physical Environment Joachim Garbe: Healing and Destructive Powers of the Desert in the Works of Ingeborg Bachmann and Tayeb Salih Nadja D. Krämer: Hans Grimm's Afrikafahrt West: A Journey into the Unknown? Ingrid Laurien: «A Land of Promise?» Autobiography and Fiction in Frieda von Bülow's East African Novels Ulrike Auga: Cultural Politics in South Africa in Transition. Or, Multiculturalism and Economic Policy Ulrike Kistner: Apartheid and Fascism, Racism and Anti Semitism: The Political History of a Comparison John McAllister: «These White Men Know Everything»: Technology Encounters, Comedy and Ambivalence in African Exploration Dominique Bediako: Reading African Literature in Germany Robert Buranello: Tra i reticolati: The Literature of Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa Alida Poeti: Black Harlequin: Italian Theatre Crossing Cultural Boundaries.
Contents: Carlotta von Maltzan: Introduction: En/Countering Myths Thokozile Chaane: Hide and Seek Lutz van Dijk: Black Inspiration Renate Welsh: My African Myths Gcina Mhlophe: Fly, Hat, Fly! Gunther Pakendorf: Travellers at the Cape, and what they saw Mawuena Logan: The Image of Africa in the Age of Imperialism and Beyond: The Myth of Postcolonial Africa Kathleen Thorpe: «The state and dignity of an English Gentleman». Thoughts on King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard Bert Olivier: Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan Myth and/or Critique? Catherine du Toit: Beyond the Mask: Guy de Maupassant in Algeria Karen Bouwer: Werewere Liking's It Shall Be of Jasper and Coral: Of Skins and Masks Violet B. Lunga: Of Hair Identities: Stretching Postcolonial Cultural Identities Suzanne de Villiers Human: Art and Magic: The Mask of Wildness Kennedy C. Chinyowa: Battling between Alienation and Desire: Images of «European ness/Western ness» in Contemporary Zimbabwean Literature Lynda Morgan: Landscapes of Guilt and Desire in the Novels of Thirza Nash Raylene Ramsay: Under the Influence? The Work of Mariama Bâ, Tradition, Islam and the Universal Pamela S. Saur: European Literary Encounters with North Africa's Physical Environment Joachim Garbe: Healing and Destructive Powers of the Desert in the Works of Ingeborg Bachmann and Tayeb Salih Nadja D. Krämer: Hans Grimm's Afrikafahrt West: A Journey into the Unknown? Ingrid Laurien: «A Land of Promise?» Autobiography and Fiction in Frieda von Bülow's East African Novels Ulrike Auga: Cultural Politics in South Africa in Transition. Or, Multiculturalism and Economic Policy Ulrike Kistner: Apartheid and Fascism, Racism and Anti Semitism: The Political History of a Comparison John McAllister: «These White Men Know Everything»: Technology Encounters, Comedy and Ambivalence in African Exploration Dominique Bediako: Reading African Literature in Germany Robert Buranello: Tra i reticolati: The Literature of Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa Alida Poeti: Black Harlequin: Italian Theatre Crossing Cultural Boundaries.
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