Civilising Grass: The art of the lawn on the South African Highveld Teen & Young Adult Books The Texture of Dissent presents

The Texture of Dissent presents concise political biographies of a myriad of prominent South African public intellectuals who were shaped by the contentious issues of their day

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The recent high-profile fictional account by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Half of a Yellow Sun was preceded by works by Ken Saro-Wiwa

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Civilising Grass: The art of the lawn on the South African Highveld Teen & Young Adult Books The Texture of Dissent presentsCivilising Grass is a socio cultural analysis of the lawn on the South African highveld, exploring the complex relationship between landscape and power in the countrys colonial, modernist and post apartheid eras Drawing from eco criticism, queer theory, art history and postcolonial studies, this book offers a lively and provocative reading of texts and illustrations to reveal the racial and gendered aspects of natural environments. It argues that the