{"product_id":"versions-of-zimbabwe-robert-muponde-9781779220363","title":"Versions of Zimbabwe: New Approaches to Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a turbulent historical moment, \u003cem\u003eVersions of Zimbabwe: New Approaches to Literature and Culture \u003c\/em\u003econsiders the relationships between Zimbabwe's creative literature, history and politics. It presumes that literature and culture cannot be understood separately from larger social trends; and that besides being legitimate subjects of study in themselves, through foregrounding literary and cultural issues, insights into the present crisis inflicting the country can be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is the result of a collaboration of scholars from southern Africa and overseas, whose work emphasises hitherto overshadowed subjects of literature, exposing new and untried approaches to Zimbabwean writing. The contributors focus on pluralities, inclusiveness and the breaking of boundaries, and elucidate how literary texts are betraying multiple versions and opinions of Zimbabwe, arguing that only a multiplicity of opinions on Zimbabwe can do the complexity of the society and history justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters consider the works of celebrated Zimbabwean authors such as Dambudzo Marechera, Alexandra Fuller and the late Yvonne Vera, alongside several Zimbabwean writers less well- known outside the country. Works of literature in the three major literary languages of Zimbabwe - Shona, Ndebele and English - are examined, alongside autobiography, history and memoir, questions of race in literature and racial identities of Zimbabwean writers, and the oft-neglected, arguably underrated Zimbabwean poetry. The contributors include Annie Gagiano, Caroline Rooney, Tommy Matshakayile-Ndlovu and Terence Ranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Muponde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1779220367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781779220363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weaver Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.92w x 0.73d","brand":"Robert Muponde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520207732991,"sku":"9781779220363","price":36.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21d7fddc-c31f-4088-a128-78894ec3d84d.jpg?v=1762884180","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/versions-of-zimbabwe-robert-muponde-9781779220363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}