Separating the Magical from the Real

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" Separating the Magical from the Real "
Michael Wessels

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1076767
Doc. No	:	LA120396
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18757421-05001005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Michael Wessels
Title & Author	:	Separating the Magical from the Real [Article]\ Michael Wessels
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Matatu
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	50/1
Page No	:	188–207
Abstract	:	Zakes Mda’s novel She Plays with the Darkness has been characterised as a magical realist novel. It is notable, though, that the magical elements are reserved almost exclusively for the sections of the novel that relate to the major character, Dikosha, and her world of music, art and dance. Central to this world are the Barwa, better known as the Bushmen or San. This article is chiefly concerned with the novel’s representation of Dikosha’s relationship with the Barwa. It also examines the depiction of the Barwa way of life and the symbolic resonance they possess for the present.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Barwa
Descriptor	:	Comparative Studies World Literature
Descriptor	:	Criticism Theory
Descriptor	:	Cultural History
Descriptor	:	indigeneity
Descriptor	:	literary representation
Descriptor	:	Literature Culture
Descriptor	:	Literature and Cultural Studies
Descriptor	:	magical realism
Descriptor	:	novel
Descriptor	:	Postcolonial Literature Culture
Descriptor	:	She Plays with Darkness
Descriptor	:	Zakes Mda
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18757421-05001005‬