Constructing Community in Early Twentieth Century South Africa: III

Constructing Community in Early Twentieth Century South Africa: III

Tuesday, 25 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Prof Beinart's room, ASC
Speaker(s): 
Convenor: 
South African Discussion Group

Dominic Davies (DPhil, English Literature) will talk through an aspect of his dissertation.

Presentation title: ‘Geography, Topography and Infrastructure: Mapping the Frontier in the Novels of John Buchan, 1875-1940

Reading: 

Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe, ‘Introduction: Afropolis’, in Sarah Nuttal and Achille Mbembe, eds., Johannesburg, The Elusive Metropolis, 2008, pp, 1-26