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OverviewWriting about the arts in South Africa is a tricky proposition. Trying to keep up with the country's politics is a fool's errand. Yet these are the twin tasks set before Chris Thurman moonlighting as an arts critic and occasional socio-political commentator. In this book, the many frontiers between art and politics are made explicit. When reading its 'dispatches' -grouped thematically and framed by introductory letters-context is key. A week is a long time in politics; the twists and turns in the South African and global current affairs create an intriguing dialogue between the columns, polemics, essays and reviews collected here. Still at Large presents itself as an historical barometer or thermometer, indicating the pressure and heat of particular moments in time. Along the way, in a voice shifting from the journalistic to the academic and from chatty to critical, Thurman plays various roles: guide, provocateur, companion, campaigner, raconteur, castigator, confidant and teacher. He may not be a consistent correspondent, but he is good company. (Series: African Humanities) [Subject: South African Studies, Politics, Art] Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chris ThurmanPublisher: Unisa Press Imprint: Unisa Press Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9781868888429ISBN 10: 1868888428 Pages: 508 Publication Date: 01 July 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , 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 ContentsMedia/Mediation, Fame/Infamy; Not being Mandela; I am an African (What is an African?); Life and Art under Zuma: Recollections and Predictions; Left Wing?; Meta- ; I Know My History Damn Well; Sport and the Nation; Nature Tutors Art; Les Philosophes; Yesterday's Theatre Today; Out-thinking Apartheid; Art and the Corporation; Screen Writing; Not Exactly on Photography; Beyond the Colonial Cringe; Re-orientation; Making Heavy Weather of `Lite' Theatre Festival Notebook; The Year That Never Should Have Been.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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