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Author Cane, Jonathan

Title Civilising Grass : the Art of the Lawn on the South African Highveld
Published Johannesburg : Witwatersrand University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Introduction: The Lawn is Singing; 1 The Lawn Discourse; 2 Keeping the Lawn; 3 Planning the Modern Lawn; 4 No Fucking up/on the Lawn; Conclusion: Saddening the Green; Notes; References; Index
Summary Civilising Grass explores the history and meaning of the lawn on the South African highveld. Through a close examination of literary texts and visual images, the book explores the history and meaning of the lawn, the social and cultural expressions of land ownership, and such value-laden notions as race, respectability and 'whiteness'
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Subject Lawns -- South Africa -- Highveld (Region)
Lawns
South Africa -- Highveld (Region)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781776143122
1776143124