Homelands, Harlem and Hollywood

South African Culture and the World Beyond

Rob Nixon

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000631678
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: History

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Epigraph
• Introduction
• Part One: The American Connection
• Part Two: Exit Visas and No Entry Signs
• Part Three: South African Culture and the Aftermath of the Cold War
• Notes
• Index