This book examines 21st-century South African autobiographical writing that addresses the nation's socio-political realities, both past and present. The texts i

This book examines 21st-century South African autobiographical writing that addresses the nation’s socio-political realities, both past and present. The texts

This book looks at contemporary autobiographical works by writers with African backgrounds in relation to the idea of ‘place’. It examines eight authors’

Autobiographical writings have been a major cultural genre from antiquity to the present time. General questions of the literary as, e.g., the relation between

The contributions to this volume probe the complex relationship of trauma, memory, and narrative. By looking at the South African situation through the lens of