{"product_id":"9780627036637","title":"Dogs in Southern African Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere are the dogs in southern African literature? The short answer is: everywhere if you keep looking. Few texts centralise them, but they appear everywhere in the corners of people's lives: pets walking alongside, strays in the alleys, accompanying policemen, at the dog shows, out hunting, guarding gates. There are also related canids- jackals, hyenas, wolves-making real and symbolic appearances. Dogs have always been with us, friends and foes in equal measure. This is the first collection of studies on dogs in southern African literature. The essays range across many dogs' roles: as guides and guards, as victims and threats. They appear in thrillers and short stories. Their complex relations with colonialism and indigeneity are explored, in novels and poetry, in English as well as Shona and Afrikaans. Comparative perspectives are opened up in articles treating French and Russian parallels. This volume aims to start a serious conversation about, and acknowledgement of, the important place dogs have in our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Dan+Wylie\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDan Wylie\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Joan-Mari+Barendse\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJoan-Mari Barendse\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dan Wylie,Joan-Mari Barendse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377386242211,"sku":"9780627036637","price":325.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780627036637_35276381-15f6-4219-8337-35b27a426c7e.jpg?v=1776484189","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780627036637","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}