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Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee (2000)
Thesis
Easton, K. Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

This thesis examines the formative fiction of J. M. Coetzee and his first book of essays, White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa (1988). His latest novel Disgrace (1999), has already made literary history, winning Coetzee his second... Read More about Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee.

Power, marginality and oral literature (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Gunner, L. (1995). Power, marginality and oral literature. In G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.), Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (1-19). Cambridge University Press ; Wits Press

The power of words and the relations between Hausa genres (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1995). The power of words and the relations between Hausa genres. In G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.), Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (130-44). Cambridge University Press ; Wits Press

Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (1995)
Book
Furniss, G. (1995). G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.). Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature. Cambridge University Press ; Johannesburg: Wits Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521164

African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely folksy, domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety of social roles are free to comment on power relations in society. It can also be a significant... Read More about Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature.