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Hlongwane, Gugu Dawn, 1968-
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Electric
fences
:
stories
/ Gugu Hlongwane.
by
Hlongwane, Gugu Dawn, 1968-
Mawenzi House, 2016.
Call #:
FICTION HLO
ISBN:
9781927494813 (trade pbk.)
Description:
119 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Sweets shop -- The assignment -- In the dip --
Electric
fences
-- Lady Di's -- Forks and spoons -- Bodies beautiful -- Linda.
Summary:
"
Electric
Fences
is a collection of short
stories
set in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. The
stories
highlight past and present divisions and atrocities; the dangers and superficialities of the apartheid system; as well as the effects of apartheid on characters who vacillate between conformity and resistance. The tensions in both past and present dispensations are not only between blacks and whites but also between blacks and Indians; men and women; teachers and students; and between working and middle to upper-middle classes. The collection explores the grey areas of apartheid: for instance, what happens when a black girl from the township attends a white private school and the repercussions of this transgression during the apartheid years. The transition to democracy is explored via characters who show both trepidation and excitement at the very thought of collapsing borders. However the
stories
set in the so-called new South Africa show the failure of the Rainbow Nation. There are more disappointments than successes in a South Africa that resembles the police and policed state of old. While the
stories
' characters are often overwhelmed by the awesomeness of the state machinery, there is hope evidenced by those who work against the grain to forge more humane societies."--From publisher.
Genre:
Black fiction.
Short
stories
.
Canadian fiction.
Literary fiction.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Black Fiction
FICTION HLO
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