ABSTRACT
An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and also refers to contemporary work done in Australia, England and the US. It probes the uncertainty and ambiguity of identities and cultures in post-apartheid society in order to gain a deep understanding of the history that individuals and society now confront.
Drawing on a wealth of research materials including literature, maps, newspapers, monuments, architectural drawings, government legislation, tourist brochures, political writing and oral histories, this book is well illustrated throughout and is a unique commentary on the spatial politics of a time of enormous change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
part 1|60 pages
Veld
chapter Chapter 1|19 pages
Wilderness and veld
chapter Chapter 2|21 pages
Memory and inscription
chapter Chapter 3|18 pages
Map and monument
part 2|46 pages
Farm
chapter Chapter 4|14 pages
A failed Eden
chapter Chapter 5|18 pages
‘Natural’ identity
chapter Chapter 6|12 pages
The fertile desert
part 3|52 pages
‘Native’ lands
chapter Chapter 7|21 pages
‘Native’ lands
chapter Chapter 8|15 pages
Language, nation and landscape
chapter Chapter 9|14 pages
Tribal landscapes
part 4|56 pages
Invisible landscapes
chapter Chapter 10|18 pages
Desire and distance
chapter Chapter 11|16 pages
Veld and city
chapter Chapter 12|20 pages
Invisibility and silence
part 5|80 pages
Erasures