History, politics and dogs in Zimbabwean literature, c.1975–2015

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dc.contributor.authorDande, Innocenten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSwart, Sandraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-13T12:28:39Z
dc.date.available2020-02-13T12:28:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCITATION: Dande, I. & Swart, S. 2018. History, politics and dogs in Zimbabwean literature, c.1975–2015. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 52(3):152-173, doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i3.5504.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvlen_ZA
dc.description.abstractZimbabwean fiction writers have engaged with dogs as objects, subjects and even actors. This essay focuses on the pivotal forty-year period between 1975 and 2015, which saw the end of white rule, the rise of an independent African state and the collapse of that state. In analysing how selected writers have variously made use of dogs, we discuss the extent to which writers deal with human-dog relations. We buttress our point by examining key pieces of fiction in which dogs appear and we unpack the extent to which fictive representations of humans and dogs approximate lived relations in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial settings. We show the enduring relevance of dogs as metaphors of power in the Zimbabwean political landscape. We contend that such canine allegories have a history and explore their usage by creative writers over the last forty years.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent22 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDande, I. & Swart, S. 2018. History, politics and dogs in Zimbabwean literature, c.1975–2015. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 52(3):152-173, doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i3.5504en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2309-9070 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0041-476X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i3.5504
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107472
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherVan Schaik Publishersen_ZA
dc.rights.holderVan Schaik Publishersen_ZA
dc.subjectDogs in literature -- Zimbabwe -- Political aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman-animal relationships -- Zimbabwe -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwean fiction -- Political aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwean literature -- History -- 1975-2015en_ZA
dc.titleHistory, politics and dogs in Zimbabwean literature, c.1975–2015en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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