{"product_id":"of-land-bones-and-money-emily-mcgiffin-9780813942766","title":"Of Land, Bones, and Money: Toward a South African Ecopoetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. \u003ci\u003eOf Land, Bones, and Money\u003c\/i\u003e examines the shifting role of these poets in South African society and the ways in which they have helped inform responses to segregation, apartheid, the injustices of extractive capitalism, and contemporary politics in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily McGiffin first discusses the history of the amaXhosa people and the environment of their homelands before moving on to the arrival of the British, who began a relentless campaign annexing land and resources in the region. Drawing on scholarship in the fields of human geography, political ecology, and postcolonial ecocriticism, she considers isiXhosa poetry in translation within its cultural, historical, and environmental contexts, investigating how these poems struggle with the arrival and expansion of the exploitation of natural resources in South Africa and the entrenchment of profoundly racist politics that the process entailed. In contemporary South Africa, iimbongi remain a respected source of knowledge and cultural identity. Their ongoing practice of producing complex, spiritually rich literature continues to have a profound social effect, contributing directly to the healing and well-being of their audiences, to political transformation, and to environmental justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily McGiffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813942764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813942766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Emily McGiffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120313692415,"sku":"9780813942766","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_befc5dc2-b20b-486c-b586-c633414bbe3c.jpg?v=1687413654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-land-bones-and-money-emily-mcgiffin-9780813942766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}