Transgressing Boundaries: New Directions in the Study of Culture in Africa - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0799216496 ISBN 13: 9780799216493

Publisher: University of Cape Town Press, 1996

Synopsis

Transgressing Boundaries includes some of the most interesting debates informing cultural politics in South Africa today. To do so, it brings together renowned contributors from Africa, North America and the United Kingdom. The book questions the boundaries between the academic disciplines by incorporating literary studies with anthropology, history, archaeology, art and gender studies. Through the various contributions, the complex interface between history and its representation is contested. Transgressing Boundaries illustrates both the autonomy of different fields of study, as well as the richness of the dialogue and the interface.

About this title

About the Author:

LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His "Beowulf's Children," co-authored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
BRENDA COOPER has published many short stories, including a collaboration, "Ice and Mirrors," with Larry Niven in Scatterbrain. She lives in Kirkland, Washington.

From the Back Cover:

The book questions the boundaries between the academic disciplines by incorporating literary studies with anthropology, history, archaeology, art and gender studies. Through the various contributions, the complex interface between history and its representation is contested. Transgressing Boundaries illustrates both the autonomy of different fields of study, as well as the richness of the dialogue and the interface.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Cape Town Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0799216496
• ISBN 13: 9780799216493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Cooper Brenda, Steyn Andrew