{"product_id":"representing-bushmen-shane-moran-9781580462945","title":"Representing Bushmen: South Africa and the Origin of Language","description":"A detailed and compelling volume that contributes significantly to current trends in post-apartheid scholarship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRepresenting Bushmen draws on the work of Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, and Martin Bernal to show how the study of language was integral to the formation of racial discrimination in South Africa. Author Shane Moran demonstrates the central role of literary history to the cultural racism and ideology that fed into apartheid by tracing the ethno-aesthetic figuration of the Bushmen in W. H. I. Bleek's theory of the origin of language. Moran examines the gestation of colonial ideology, and provocatively traces aspects of the post-apartheid rhetoric of commemoration and national unity to their colonialist roots.\u003cbr\u003e This detailed and compelling volume contributes significantly to current trends in post-apartheid scholarship. Moran emphasizes the need for a cautious interrogation of the colonial archive and scrutiny of critical discourses used by the would-be postcolonial intellectual, and poses a timelychallenge to those committed to exorcising that legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shane Moran teaches at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shane Moran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580462944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580462945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 47","brand":"Shane Moran","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44227803611391,"sku":"9781580462945","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81829f38-cd04-40f4-a1c7-2f7d78cba0e2.jpg?v=1692810697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/representing-bushmen-shane-moran-9781580462945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}