Bulletproof

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Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond

Autor: Jennifer Wenzel

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In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa people of southern Africa killed the...

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Autor

Jennifer Wenzel

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2009

Pagini

304

EAN

9780226893471

ISBN

0226893472

Enbook ID

04550423

Editura

The University of Chicago Press

Greutate

431

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 18

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In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa people of southern Africa killed their cattle and ceased planting crops; the resulting famine cost tens of thousands of lives. Much like other millenarian, anti colonial movements - such as the Ghost Dance in North America and the Birsa Munda uprising in India - these actions were meant to transform the world and liberate the Xhosa from oppression. Despite the movement's momentous failure to achieve that goal, the event has continued to exert a powerful pull on the South African imagination ever since. It is these afterlives of the prophecy that Jennifer Wenzel explores in "Bulletproof". Wenzel examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Widening her lens, Wenzel also looks at how past failure can both inspire and constrain movements for justice in the present, and her brilliant insights into the cultural implications of prophecy will fascinate readers across a wide variety of disciplines.

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