Soweto in exile: the publication history of Joyce Sikakane’s A Window on Soweto

dc.contributor.authorSikakana, Mbali
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-15T12:30:42Z
dc.date.available2019-07-15T12:30:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, School of Literature, Language and Media in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M.A. Publishing Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, March 2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSoweto in Exile: The Publication History of Joyce Sikakane’s A Window on Soweto This research report examines the autobiographical work of Joyce Sikakane-Rankin (nee Sikakane), A Window on Soweto, and its publishing by the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) in London in 1977. The autobiography is located as emanating from a sense of community, being about Soweto, its plight and her place in it, and appealing to international communities. The study follows the publishing process from manuscript procurement to reprint and translations, detailing planning and editorial, promotions and printing. My argument is that the book was a significant and game-changing publication for the IDAF at the time, in terms of its relative success as regards sales and cultural impact as well as its departure from the organisation’s regular output which avoided subjectivity. The study details the derivation of this subjectivity from Joyce Sikakane’s own extraordinary life experiences which included detention and exile and provides a view of the impact of this subjectivity on the publishing processen_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2019en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (72 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationSikakana, Mbali Khanyisile (2018) Soweto in exile : the publication history of Joyce Sikakane's 'A window on Soweto", University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/27655
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/27655
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshExiles--South Africa|--Biography
dc.subject.lcshBlacks--South Africa--Biography
dc.subject.lcshSoweto (South Africa)--Social conditions
dc.titleSoweto in exile: the publication history of Joyce Sikakane’s A Window on Sowetoen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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