Print, text and book cultures in South Africa / edited by Andrew van der Vlies.
Print, text and book cultures in South Africa / edited by Andrew van der Vlies.
Print, text and book cultures in South Africa / edited by Andrew van der Vlies.
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Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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G 2014/3594
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English
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476 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introductory. Print, text and books in South Africa / Andrew van der Vlies -- Print cultures and colonial public spheres. Metonymies of lead: bullets, type and print culture in South African missionary colonialism / Leon de Kock ; "Spread far and wide over the surface of the Earth": Evangelical read...
Questions of the archive and the uses of books. Colin Rae's Malaboch: the power of the book in the (mis)representation of Kgaluši Sekete Mmalebôhô / Lize Kriel ; "Send your books on active service": the books for troops scheme during the Second World War, 1939-1945 / Archie L. Dick ; From The ori...
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Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2012.
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa is a field-defining contribution to the country\2019s literary scholarship. Andrew van der Vlies\2019s introductory essay maps the conceptual terrain in a systematic and engaging way, illustrating its relevance to South Africa\2019s literary and cultural history. The essays that follow demonstrate the...
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Print, text and book cultures in South Africa / edited by Andrew van der Vlies.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2014/3594
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74VKv0RzdoyM
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ISBN
1868145662
9781868145669
DDC
002.09682
MMS ID
991021670659702626
