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The pregnant man: race, difference and subjectivity in Alan Paton’s Kalahari writing
(Taylor & Francis, co-published with Unisa Press, 2010)
In South African imaginative writing and scholarly research, there is currently an extensive
and wide-ranging interest in the ‘Bushman’, either as a tragic figure of colonial history, as
a contested site of misrepresentation, ...
Between text and stage: the theatrical adaptations of J.M. Coetzee’s Foe
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Several of J.M. Coetzee’s novels have been adapted successfully for the stage, both as theatrical and operatic versions, but these adaptations have not received much critical attention. This article examines the ways in ...
The Boer and the jackal: Satire and resistance in Khoi orature
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Bushman narratives have been the subject of a large volume of scholarly and popular
studies, particularly publications that have engaged with the Bleek and Lloyd archive.
Khoi story-telling has attracted much less attention. ...
Race, resistance and translation: the case of John Buchan’s UPrester John
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2011)
In postcolonial translation studies, increasing attention is being given to the asymmetrical relationships between dominant and indigenous languages. This paper argues that John Francis Cele’s UPrester John (1958), is not ...
Towards an archaeology of Dusklands
(Institute for the Study of English in Africa, 2011)
This essay seeks to explore the question of origins: the beginnings of the literary career of arguably South Africa's most significant author, and the development of a form of authorship that was, at its inception, situated ...
Notes towards a history of Khoi literature
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)
This article puts forward a revisionist history of Khoi literature, and also presents a number of translated Khoi narratives that have not been available in English before. Compared to the large volume of Bushman literature ...
Late style in J.M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2010)
J.M. Coetzee’s post-millennial writing has been marked by new forms of inventiveness, formal risk-taking and narrative experimentation that have blurred the boundaries between fiction, autobiography and social commentary. ...
Wilhelm Bleek and the Khoisan imagination: a study of censorship, genocide and colonial science
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2012)
In 1864, Wilhelm Bleek published a collection of Khoi narratives titled Reynard the Fox in South
Africa, or Hottentot Fables and Tales. This article critically examines this foundational event in
South African literary ...