Title Democracy at home in South Africa : family fictions and transitional culture / Kerry Bystrom

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Series Gender and cultural studies in Africa and the diaspora Gender and cultural studies in Africa and the diaspora. Contents Introduction -- A "new" South African family romance -- Remembering the lost : on family members and domestic life -- Keeping house -- Queer homes and migrant homes -- Conclusion Summary Focusing on aesthetic figuration diverse home spaces, modes of domestic life, and family histories, this book argues that depicting democracy as it unfolds literally at home presents a compelling portrait of the intimate and everyday aspects of change that can be overlooked by a focus on structural concerns in South Africa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 4, 2016) Subject Domestic relations -- Political aspects -- South Africa Families -- Political aspects -- South Africa Families in literature. Families in art. Democratization -- Social aspects -- South Africa Social change -- South Africa Post-apartheid era -- South Africa HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. Families in art Families in literature Families -- Political aspects Post-apartheid era Social change Social conditions SUBJECT South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00004238 Subject South Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137556929 1137556927 1349558141 9781349558148

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