Title Literature and the law in South Africa, 1910-2010 : the long walk to artistic freedom / Ted Laros

Published Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2018

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource Series Series in law, culture, and the humanities Contents Introduction : literature in law -- Preparing the ground for autonomization -- The 1965 trials : Wilbur Smith's "When the lion feeds" and Can Themba's "The fugitives" -- The 1974 trial of André Brink's "Kennis van die aand" -- The 1978 case of Etienne Leroux's "Magersfontein, o magersfontein!" -- (The road to) constitutional autonomy -- Conclusion Summary "In 1994, artistic freedom pertaining inter alia to literature was enshrined in the South African Constitution. Clearly, the establishment of this right was long overdue compared to other nations within the Commonwealth. Indeed, the legal framework and practices regarding the regulation of literature that were introduced following the nation’s transition to a non-racial democracy seemed to form a decisive turning point in the history of South African censorship of literature. This study employs a historical sociological point of view to describe how the nation’s emerging literary field helped pave the way for the constitutional entrenchment of this right in 1994. On the basis of institutional and poetological analyses of all the legal trials concerning literature that were held in South Africa during the period 1910–2010, it describes how the battles fought in and around the courts between literary, judicial and executive elites eventually led to a constitutional exceptio artis for literature. As the South African judiciary displayed an ongoing orientation towards both English and American law in this period, the analyses are firmly placed in the context of developments occurring concurrently in these two legal systems."--Publisher's description Notes Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 2013) issued under title: Long walk to artistic freedom : law and the literary field in South Africa, 1910-2010 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Censorship -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century Obscenity (Law) -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century Sedition -- Law and legislation -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century South African literature -- Censorship -- History -- 20th century LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Censorship Obscenity (Law) Sedition -- Law and legislation South Africa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017038299 ISBN 9781683930167 1683930169

  Permalink