The Place of Tears: The Novel and Politics in Modern ZimbabweTHIS IS AN NJR - NOT JACKET BLURB, DO NOT USE IT THIS RAW FORM -This new and original work is the only recent monographic treatment of the Zimbabwean novel and its political implications. An earlier one by Veit-Wild (1992) has not been updated, and other, such as that by Zhuwarara (2001), are not easily available outside Zimbabwe. The author resided in Zimbabwe for almost a decade and has visited the country regularly in the last five years. She has published extensively on Zimbabwean literature, and brings to her work a deep contextual richness as well as theoretical sophistication. |
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... Munashe's most trau- matic experiences . As for the readers , those who choose to painstakingly assemble Munashe's experiences in chronological order will notice that the novel in fact contains all the elements of a complete life ...
... Munashe ( the literal translation of his name is ' in- God ' ) came to consciously side with the ' sellouts ' : he ... Munashe's identity , howev- er and the reason why he is haunted by the ngozi - is that , apart from being a victim ...
... Munashe himself joins the world of the spirits . - The effect of a ngozi is countered by ceremonial cleansing , hence the cere- monies centred on Munashe ; the precondition of cleansing being effective is that the person affected reveal ...
Contents
The Novel in a House of Stone | 13 |
Modes of Reading Zimbabwean Fiction | 33 |
Writing against Rhodesian SpaceTime 56 | 56 |
Copyright | |
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