Movement, Memory, Transformation, and Transition in the City: Literary Representations of Johannesburg in Post-Apartheid South African Texts

• Main Author: Putter, Anne
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: automobility; Hillbrow; palimpsest; transitional fiction; walking
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss18/12; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1312/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n18_2012_5D_203.6_ForumKritika_Putter.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

“Writing the city,” particularly writing the city of Johannesburg, in post-apartheid South African fiction can be considered a new approach to interpreting South African culture—a new approach that takes into consideration and reflects the changes taking place in present-day South African society. T...