{"product_id":"beyond-the-threshold-hein-viljoen-9781433100024","title":"Beyond the Threshold: Explorations of Liminality in Literature","description":"What happens when we cross a significant boundary? We step into an unsettling in-between zone, where we have to abandon accepted structures and truths. Yet this liminal zone can also open up possibilities for inner transformation, leading to the birth of a new sense of fellowship. Since 1994, South Africans have been experiencing the anxieties of old structures breaking down and of new ones being built - a process that South African authors have been powerfully representing and questioning. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Threshold\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the transformative powers of liminal states and hybridizing processes in literature. Its authors discuss a wide range of intriguing liminal characters, dangerous liminal situations, and unique transformations in recent books mainly from South Africa. These books tell the compelling stories of marginal characters, giving their stories moral authority while exploring their transformative possibilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hein Viljoen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433100029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433100024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 261","brand":"Hein Viljoen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45477067489535,"sku":"9781433100024","price":48.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fde219b-1076-4d8d-92af-da38d9e4eb62.jpg?v=1715918959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-threshold-hein-viljoen-9781433100024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}