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Imagining the Cape colony : history, literature, and the South African nation

"David Johnson considers a variety of writers, from European intellectuals Camões, Southey, Rousseau and Adam Smith to travel writers like François Levaillant and Lady Anne Barnard, and from the diaries of settler rebels and early African nationalists to the courtroom testimonies of African slaves and farm workers. These are combined with discussions of the many subsequent literary works and histories of the Cape Colony. By returning to the writing of and about the Cape Colony from 1770 to 1830--when modern definitions of 'nation' and 'colony' were both constituted and contested--this book addresses current debates about settler nationalism, anti-colonial resistance and the imprint of 18th-century colonial histories on contemporary neo-colonial politics. By imagining the post-apartheid South African nation, Johnson critically re-reads the history of the Cape Colony, paying particular attention to the extensive commentaries on literature and history associated with the Thabo Mbeki presidencies."--Publisher's website.

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  • "Examines literatures and histories of the Cape in relation to postcolonial debates about nationalism. How the Cape Colony was imagined as a political community is examined by considering a variety of writers, from major European literati and intellectuals (Camões, Southey, Rousseau, Adam Smith), to well-known travel writers like François Levaillant and Lady Anne Barnard, to figures on the margins of colonial histories, like settler rebels, slaves, and early African nationalists. Complementing the analyses of these primary texts are discussions of the many subsequent literary works and historie."
  • ""David Johnson considers a variety of writers, from European intellectuals Camões, Southey, Rousseau and Adam Smith to travel writers like François Levaillant and Lady Anne Barnard, and from the diaries of settler rebels and early African nationalists to the courtroom testimonies of African slaves and farm workers. These are combined with discussions of the many subsequent literary works and histories of the Cape Colony. By returning to the writing of and about the Cape Colony from 1770 to 1830--when modern definitions of 'nation' and 'colony' were both constituted and contested--this book addresses current debates about settler nationalism, anti-colonial resistance and the imprint of 18th-century colonial histories on contemporary neo-colonial politics. By imagining the post-apartheid South African nation, Johnson critically re-reads the history of the Cape Colony, paying particular attention to the extensive commentaries on literature and history associated with the Thabo Mbeki presidencies."--Publisher's website."@en
  • ""David Johnson considers a variety of writers, from European intellectuals Camões, Southey, Rousseau and Adam Smith to travel writers like François Levaillant and Lady Anne Barnard, and from the diaries of settler rebels and early African nationalists to the courtroom testimonies of African slaves and farm workers. These are combined with discussions of the many subsequent literary works and histories of the Cape Colony. By returning to the writing of and about the Cape Colony from 1770 to 1830 - when modern definitions of 'nation' and 'colony' were both constituted and contested - this book addresses current debates about settler nationalism, anti-colonial resistance and the imprint of 18th-century colonial histories on contemporary neo-colonial politics. By imagining the post-apartheid South African nation, Johnson critically re-reads the history of the Cape Colony, paying particular attention to the extensive commentaries on literature and history associated with the Thabo Mbeki presidencies."--Publisher's website."
  • ""David Johnson considers a variety of writers, from European intellectuals Camões, Southey, Rousseau and Adam Smith to travel writers like François Levaillant and Lady Anne Barnard, and from the diaries of settler rebels and early African nationalists to the courtroom testimonies of African slaves and farm workers. These are combined with discussions of the many subsequent literary works and histories of the Cape Colony. By returning to the writing of and about the Cape Colony from 1770 to 1830 - when modern definitions of 'nation' and 'colony' were both constituted and contested - this book addresses current debates about settler nationalism, anti-colonial resistance and the imprint of 18th-century colonial histories on contemporary neo-colonial politics. By imagining the post-apartheid South African nation, Johnson critically re-reads the history of the Cape Colony, paying particular attention to the extensive commentaries on literature and history associated with the Thabo Mbeki presidencies."--Publisher's website."@en

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  • "Imagining the Cape colony : history, literature, and the South African nation"@en
  • "Imagining the Cape Colony"
  • "Imagining the Cape Colony : history, literature, and the South African nation"@en
  • "Imagining the Cape Colony : history, literature, and the South African nation"
  • "Imagining the Cape Colony history, literature, and the South African nation"
  • "Imagining the Cape Colony : History, Literature, and the South African Nation"

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