{"product_id":"dreaming-of-freedom-in-south-david-johnson-9781474430227","title":"Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa: Literature Between Critique and Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssembles for the first time the many different texts imagining the future after the end of apartheid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the history of how the future in South Africa after the end of apartheid was imagined \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the first literary-cultural history of South African speculative fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies the literary-political cultures of the five major traditions of South African anti-colonial\/ anti-segregationist\/ anti-apartheid thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on well-known and obscure literary texts from the 1880s to the 1970s, as well as the many manifestos and programmes setting out visions of the future, this book charts the dreams of freedom of five major traditions of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid resistance: the African National Congress, the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, the Communist Party of South Africa, the Non-European Unity Movement and the Pan-Africanist Congress. More than an exercise in historical excavation, \u003ci\u003eDreaming of Freedom in South Africa \u003c\/i\u003eraises challenging questions for the post-apartheid present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474430228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474430227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d","brand":"David Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944266367231,"sku":"9781474430227","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_05fc7dad-1e55-459b-a35a-3243901bb606.jpg?v=1681502702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreaming-of-freedom-in-south-david-johnson-9781474430227","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}