Narrow your search

Library

KU Leuven (1)

LUCA School of Arts (1)

Odisee (1)

Thomas More Kempen (1)

Thomas More Mechelen (1)

UCLL (1)

UGent (1)

VIVES (1)

VUB (1)


Resource type

book (1)


Language

English (1)


Year
From To Submit

1997 (1)

Listing 1 - 1 of 1
Sort by
The muzzled muse : literature and censorship in South Africa
Author:
ISBN: 1282162349 9786612162343 9027298009 9789027298003 9781282162341 9781556194313 1556194315 9781556194320 1556194323 9789027222206 9027222207 1556194315 9027222215 6612162341 Year: 1997 Publisher: Amsterdam [The Netherlands] ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co.,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

"The long history of censorship is a parallel and equally powerful history of literature. Censors bear witness to the power of the word even more forcefully than the writers and the readers they consider dangerous." (Index on Censorship 6/1996)A critical assessment of literature produced under censorship needs to take into account that the stategies of the censors are answered by strategies of the writers and the readers. To recognize self-censoring strategies in writing, it is necessary to know the specific restrictions of the censorship regime in question. In South Africa under

Listing 1 - 1 of 1
Sort by