Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Normalization or Radical Democracy 1
5. One. Radical Democracy and the Electoral Sublime 9
6. Two. Njabulo Ndebele and Radical-Democratic Culture 36
7. Three. Against Normalization: Cultural Identity from Below 76
8. Four. Staging Whiteness: Beckett, Havel, Maponya 103
9. Five. Locations of Feminism: Ingrid de Kok’s Familiar Ground 133
10. Six. No Turning Back: Nise Malange and the Onset of Workers’ Culture 176
11. Seven. Lines of Flight: Bessie Head, Arthur Nortje, Dambudzo Marechera 215
12. Epilogue. Post-Apartheid Narratives: The House Gun and Fools 257
13. Notes 281
14. Bibliography 299
15. Index 325