| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Prelude: Bulawayo, 1893-1930 -- 1. The landscapes of Bulawayo -- 2. The first fires, December 1929 -- 3. City versus state, 1930-1946 -- 5. Mr. black Bulawayo, 1930-1948 -- 5. The feminization of black Bulawayo, 1948-1960 -- 6. Black Bulawayo transformed -- 7. Black Bulawayo, 1960 -- Postlude: Bulaway after 1960 |
| Summary |
This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel 'Butterfly Burning', which is set in the Bulawayo townships in 1946 and dedicated to the author. It is an attempt to explore what historical research and reconstruction can add to the literary imagination. Responding as it does to a novel, this history imitates some fictional modes. Two of its chapters are in effect 'scenes', dealing with brief periods of intense activity. Others are in effect biographies of 'characters'. The book draws upon and quotes from a rich body of urban oral memory. In addition to this historical/literary interaction the book is a contribution to the historiography of southern African cities, bringing out the experiential and cultural dimensions, and combining black and white urban social history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index |
| Subject |
Vera, Yvonne. Butterfly burning
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| SUBJECT |
Vera, Yvonne, 1965-2005. (NL-LeOCL)141003626 nta |
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Zimbabwe.
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urban history.
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social conditions.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Race relations.
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Social conditions.
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Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) -- History -- 20th century
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Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) -- Race relations
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Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo.
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Bulawayo -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846158933 |
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1846158931 |
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9781782041566 |
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1782041567 |
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