Chapter The Unattainable South African Paradise
Whether Dante was part of a hegemonic discourse or a counter one, he helped to shape identities, create new ones, re-imagined old ones. However, for these young South African students whose contributions are collected in this book Paradise as a place of the future seems to remain an unattainable mir...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2021
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| Series: | Studi e saggi
228 |
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | Whether Dante was part of a hegemonic discourse or a counter one, he helped to shape identities, create new ones, re-imagined old ones. However, for these young South African students whose contributions are collected in this book Paradise as a place of the future seems to remain an unattainable mirage. For them South Africa is locked in a present which cannot overcome its past and cannot imagine its future; an eternal Purgatory, which ironically enough for Dante is the only non-eternal place of the afterlife. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (9 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-5518-458-8.09 9788855184588 |
| Access: | Open Access |