Fictioning Namibia As a Space of Desire: An Excursion into the Literary Space of Namibia During Colonialism, Apartheid and Th
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Producing Certain Spaces -- Literature on and about Namibia -- Literature List -- Terms and Conditions -- Looking Forward -- 2. Social and Literary Space -- From Relative to Social Space -- The Social Space of Henri Lefebvre -- Social Space and Literary Space -- 3. The Colonial Era: War, Toil, and Diamonds -- Introduction to the Texts -- Emptied Landscapes -- The Garden -- The White Female Colonialist -- 4. The Apartheid Era: The Trust in Maps and Guns -- Introduction to the Texts -- Emptied Landscapes (?) -- Technologies of Conquest and Domination -- (De)Constructing the White Male Explorer -- 5. The Namibian Moment: Learning to Sing -- Introduction to the Text -- Main Spaces of the Narrative -- Resistance and Disobedience -- The Resistance of One, the Resistance of Many -- Merging the Past, Present, and Future -- 6. Conclusion -- Producing the 'Other' (and oneself) -- A Colonial Network of Spaces and Strategies -- The Metropole in Crisis -- A Root of the Metropolitan Crisis -- Monologic and Dialogic Narratives -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
