The Art of Survival Depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in Crisis
| Author/creator | Madongonda, M. Angeline Author |
| Other author | Chitando, Anna Editor |
| Other author | Chikowero, Joseph Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher Bristol : ISD [Distributor] |
| Description | 240 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation The Art of Survival: Depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in Crisis offers a fresh, interdisciplinary examination of a period against which development in Zimbabwe is often measured, one epitomized by the severe shortages and runaway inflation of 2008. While journalistic stories of the 1998-2008 era often privilege the reductive stories of woe, defeat and crushed hopes, this volume explores how survival was still possible in those circumstances. The book offers insights into how ordinary Zimbabweans battled the odds by making startling innovations in language use to legitimize new survival strategies, how they weaved new songs and reinterpreted old ones to fight for survival, how social institutions such as churches reinterpreted popular gospel, and how authors, playwrights and dramatists crafted works that acknowledge the unprecedented difficulties and yet find humour, laughter and love in unusual places. This work will appeal to both scholars, who will appreciate the depth of the analysis, and the general reader. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781443881098 |
| ISBN | 1443881090 (Trade Cloth) Forthcoming |
| Standard identifier# | 9781443881098 |
| Stock number | 01436906 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |