What has modernity to do with it?: Camouflaging race in the "new" South Africa.
| Publisher | Literator Society of South Africa |
| Publication | Journal of Literary Studies |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0256-4718 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Published | 2002-06-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Person | n/a | Steve Biko |
| Person | n/a | Athol Fugard |
| Person | n/a | Paul Gilroy |
| Author | n/a | Gugu Hlongwane |
| Person | n/a | Thabo Mbeki |
| Person | n/a | Zakes Mda |
| Person | n/a | Desmond Tutu |
Summary
This article explores the place of alternative modernities in the tentatively "new" South Africa. Premised upon Paul Gilroy's theoretical deconstruction of "race" and "nation" in the "black Atlantic", the arguments presented will underscore the limitations of Gilroy's "counterculture" of modernity. Whilst the world is in need of the humanism that Gilroy advocates, "postrace" and "postnation" states are premature ideals for a newly post-apartheid country like South Africa. Present cultural configurations in this country not only suggest the lingering quandary of...
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