{"product_id":"at-the-edge-9781433146411","title":"At the Edge","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonnie Govender's works are significant in the construction of a South African national identity. The purpose of this book is to engage critically with race, class and resistance through a collection of essays on Govender's oeuvre. His writings are re-invigorated by close reading within the context of postcolonial and critical theory. Govender recalls the resilience of the multiracial community of Cato Manor whose democratic coexistence and mutual respect comprise a model for the new nation. As a memory work, his texts recollect private and community identity in the wounded spaces of colonial and apartheid oppression. Events of the past should be interpreted in a creative and imaginative way and literature enlightens it best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovender's unique performative prose reconstructs and resurrects the lives of the residents of Cato Manor, their vitality and humour, pain and humiliation: a vibrant, racially integrated community destroyed by the South African apartheid regime's notoriou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments – Introduction – Resistance and Reconciliation: Post-1994 South African Indian Writings – Transactional Memory in \u003cem\u003eAt the Edge and other Cato Manor Stories\u003c\/em\u003e – Beyond Calvary: I Did It for My God – Over My Dead Body: Dispossession and Relocation – ‘Poobathie’—Colour, Caste and Religion – ‘1949’—Race and the Colonial Agenda – Ayakanoo: Bucket Carrier – \u003cem\u003eThe Lahnee’s Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e: Revisiting the Crime Scene – Coolitude, Indenture and ‘Swami’ – Interview with Ronnie Govender – Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039620366679,"sku":"9781433146411","price":72.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433146411.jpg?v=1750944280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/at-the-edge-9781433146411","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}