Full Description
Originally published in 1994, Homelands, Harlem & Hollywood examines the anti-colonialist struggle against apartheid, and the ways in which American and South African culture have been fascinated with and influenced by one another. Rob Nixon's wide-ranging analysis looks at Hollywood representations of the struggle for liberation, the impact of the Harlem Renaissance on the Sophiatown writers, the banning and censorship of television under apartheid, Mandela and messianic politics, the sports and cultural boycotts, ethnic nationalism, and the culture of violence. Nixon concludes with an investigation of how the collapse of communism and anti-communism and the rise of ethnic cleansing in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union had powerful implications for the shape of post-apartheid South Africa.
Contents
Part 1: The American Connection 1. Harlem, Hollywood and the Sophiatown Renaissance 2. The Devil in the Black Box 3. Cry White Season Part 2: Exit Visas and No Entry Signs 4. Border Country 5. Apartheid on the Run 6. Sunset on Sun City Part 3: South African Culture and the Aftermath of the Cold War 7. Mandela, Messianism and the Media 8. An Everybody Claim Dem Democratic 9. The Retreat from Communism and Anti-Communism 10. Of Balkans and Bantustans.
