Title The art of survival : depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in crisis / edited by Anna Chitando, Joseph Chikowero and Angeline M. Madongonda

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Summary The Art of Survival: Depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in Crisis offers a fresh, interdisciplinary examination of a period against which development in Zimbabwe is often measured, one epitomized by the severe shortages and runaway inflation of 2008. While journalistic stories of the 1998-2008 era often privilege the reductive stories of woe, defeat and crushed hopes, this volume explores how survival was still possible in those circumstances. The book offers insights into how ordinary Zimbabweans battled the odds by making startling innovations in language use to legitimize new surviva Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 21, 2015) Subject Zimbabweans -- In literature Zimbabweans -- In mass media HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. Politics and government SUBJECT Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149824 Zimbabwe -- History -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149816 Subject Zimbabwe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Chitando, Anna, editor. Chikowero, Joseph, editor. Madongonda, Angeline M., editor. ISBN 9781443886697 1443886696

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