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Literature and the Law in South Africa, 1910 - 2010

The Long Walk to Artistic Freedom
  • ISBN-13: 9781683930150
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Ted Laros
  • Price: AUD $200.00
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2018
  • Format: Hardback 242 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Ethical issues & debates [JFM]
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In 1994, artistic freedom pertaining inter alia to literature was enshrined in the South African Constitution. Clearly, the establishment of this right was long overdue compared to other nations within the Commonwealth. Indeed, the legal framework and practices regarding the regulation of literature that were introduced following the nation's transition to a non-racial democracy seemed to form a decisive turning point in the history of South African censorship of literature. This study employs a historical sociological point of view to describe how the nation's emerging literary field helped pave the way for the constitutional entrenchment of this right in 1994. On the basis of institutional and poetological analyses of all the legal trials concerning literature that were held in South Africa during the period 1910-2010, it describes how the battles fought in and around the courts between literary, judicial and executive elites eventually led to a constitutional exceptio artis for literature. As the South African judiciary displayed an ongoing orientation towards both English and American law in this period, the analyses are firmly placed in the context of developments occurring concurrently in these two legal systems.
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Literature in Law Part I: Legal Groundwork, 1910-55 Chapter One: Preparing the Ground for Autonomization Part II: Hesitant Legal Recognition, 1955-75 Chapter Two: The 1965 Trials: Wilbur Smith's When the Lion Feeds andCan Themba's "The Fugitives" Chapter Three: The 1974 Trial of Andre Brink's Kennis van die Aand Part III: Despite Rollback Efforts, Ongoing Recognition, 1975-80 Chapter Four: The 1978 Case of Etienne Leroux's Magersfontein, O Magersfontein! Part IV: Decisive Legal Recognition, 1980-2010 Chapter Five: (The Road to) Constitutional Autonomy Chapter Six: Conclusion Works Cited Index
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