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OverviewConsidering fiction from the colonial era to the present, State of Peril offers the first sustained, scholarly examination of rape narratives in the literature of a country that has extremely high levels of sexual violence. Lucy Graham demonstrates how, despite the fact that most incidents of rape in South Africa are not interracial, narratives of interracial rape have dominated the national imaginary. Seeking to understand this phenomenon, the study draws on Michel Foucault's ideas on sexuality and biopolitics, as well as Judith Butler's speculations on race and cultural melancholia. Historical analysis of the body politic provides the backdrop for careful, close readings of literature by Olive Schreiner, Sol Plaatje, Sarah Gertrude Millin, Njabulo Ndebele, J.M. Coetzee, Zoë Wicomb and others. Ultimately, State of Peril argues for ethically responsible interpretations that recognize high levels of sexual violence in South Africa while parsing the racialized inferences and assumptions implicit in literary representations of bodily violation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucy Valerie Graham (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Western Cape)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.00cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780190256418ISBN 10: 0190256419 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 July 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents"Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Danger and Desire: Rape and Seduction in the Colonial Imagination ; 2. ""Like a White Man"": ""Black Peril"", Print Culture and Political Voice in the Making of the Union ; 3. ""A 'Black' or a 'White' Peril?"": Writing the Melancholy (Alter)Nation ; 4. Restaging Rape: Black Writing and Sexual Apartheid ; 5. ""History Speaking"": Sexual Violence and Post-Apartheid Narratives ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationLucy Valerie Graham is a Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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