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Dis-Location / Re- Location. Exploring Alienation and Identity in South Africa
DisLocation / Re Location Exploring Alienation and Identity in South Africa Author:Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Richard Mendelsohn, Wilhelm van Rensburg, Sally-Ann Murray, Robyn Sassen, Jillian Carman, Wandile Kasibe, Liese van der Watt, Jennifer Ord, Ryan Bishop This series of lively essays considers the themes raised by the provocative and critically acclaimed 2007/8 travelling exhibition Dis-Location / Re-Location by Leora Farber and the fashion design duo Strangelove . The exhibition draws together the stories of three generations of South African women in the light of post-colonial and feminist theo... more »ry. Included in the book are the gorgeous photographs by Michael Meyersfeld of Farber's performance for the exhibition in which she wears Strangelove's Victorian/modern costumes. The essays in the book are by Robyn Sassen, Ryan Bishop, Jillian Carman, Wandile Kasibe, Sandra Klopper, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (the book's editor), Richard Mendelsohn, Sally Ann Murray, Jennifer Ord, Liese van der Watt, Wilhelm van Rensburg and Couze Venn. This book is a valuable addition to the ongoing debates about cultural assimilation, the politics of identity and race, and the relationship between art and political discourse.« less