TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Bulawayo burning : the social history of a southern African city, 1893-1960
A1  - Ranger, Terence O.
LA  - eng
PP  - Oxford
PB  - James Currey
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2248528
AB  - This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, which is set in the Bulawayo townships in 1946 and dedicated to the author. It is an attempt to explore what historical research and reconstruction can add to the literary imagination. Responding as it does to a novel, this history imitates some fictional modes. Two of its chapters are in effect 'scenes', dealing with brief periods of intense activity. Others are in effect biographies of 'characters'. The book draws upon and quotes from a rich body of urban oral memory. In addition to this historical/literary interaction the book is a contribution to the historiography of southern African cities, bringing out the experiential and cultural dimensions, and combining black and white urban social history.
SN  - 1847010202 hardback
SN  - 9781847010209 hardback
KW  - Vera, Yvonne. : Butterfly burning.
KW  - 1900-luku
KW  - historia
KW  - kaupungit
KW  - rodut
KW  - sosiaalinen ympäristö
KW  - Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) : History : 20th century.
KW  - Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) : Race relations.
KW  - Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) : Social conditions : 20th century.
KW  - Afrikka
KW  - Etelä-Afrikka
KW  - Zimbabwe
ER  -