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Author:

Laros, Ted, 1978- author.

Title:

Literature and the law in South Africa, 1910-2010 : the long walk to artistic freedom / Ted Laros.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Censorship--South Africa--History--20th century.
Obscenity (Law)--South Africa--History--20th century.
Sedition--History--South Africa--History--20th century.
South African literature--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 2013) issued under title: Long walk to artistic freedom : law and the literary field in South Africa, 1910-2010. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : literature in law -- Preparing the ground for autonomization -- The 1965 trials : Wilbur Smith's "When the lion feeds" and Can Themba's "The fugitives" -- The 1974 trial of Andre Brink's "Kennis van die aand" -- The 1978 case of Etienne Leroux's "Magersfontein, o magersfontein!" -- (The road to) constitutional autonomy -- Conclusion.

Series:

The Farleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities

ISBN:

1683930150
9781683930150

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1000385911

LCCN:

2017036974

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)