Of dirt, disinfection and purgation : discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literature

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dc.contributor.authorNcube, Gibsonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-13T14:24:57Z
dc.date.available2020-02-13T14:24:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCITATION: Ncube, G. 2018. Of dirt, disinfection and purgation : discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literature. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 55(1):41-53, doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.1548.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvlen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines post-independent Zimbabwean literary narratives which engage with how the ruling ZANU-PF government frames dissenting voices as constituting dirt, filth and undesirability. Making use of Achille Mbembe's postulations on the "vulgarity of power" and Kenneth W. Harrow's readings of the politics of dirt, the central thesis of this paper is that the troping of dirt and state sponsored violence are closely related to the themes of memory and belonging. Literary works by writers such as Chistopher Mlalazi, NoViolet Bulawayo and John Eppel become self-effacing speech acts that are involved in reimagining and revisioning our understanding of power dynamics and how this affects human and social experiences.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1548
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent13 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNcube, G. 2018. Of dirt, disinfection and purgation : discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literature. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 55(1):41-53, doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.1548en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2309-9070 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0041-476X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.1548
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107474
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherTydskrif vir Letterkunde Associationaf_ZA
dc.rights.holderTydskrif vir Letterkunde Associationaf_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwean literature -- Criticism and interpretationen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwe -- Politics and governmenten_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwean national identityen_ZA
dc.subjectOperation Murambatsvina, Zimbabwe, 2005-en_ZA
dc.subjectPolitical violence -- Zimbabween_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwe African National Unionen_ZA
dc.titleOf dirt, disinfection and purgation : discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literatureen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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