“What I say will not be understood”: Intertextuality as a subversive force in Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s Daughter | Zendy

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“What I say will not be understood”: Intertextuality as a subversive force in Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s Daughter

Author(s) -

Susan Barrett

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

e-rea

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1638-1718

DOI - 10.4000/erea.491

Subject(s) - contempt , intertextuality , daughter , government (linguistics) , entertainment , state (computer science) , law , art , section (typography) , order (exchange) , sociology , political science , literature , philosophy , business , advertising , linguistics , computer science , finance , algorithm

In 1963 the South African government passed The Publications and Entertainment Act which made it possible to ban not only works which were considered blasphemous or obscene but also any work which “brings any section of the inhabitants into ridicule or contempt, is harmful to the relations between any sections of the inhabitants; is prejudicial to the safety of the State, the general welfare or the peace and good order” (Essential Gesture, 61). Under this act almost 9 000 works were banned in..

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