At Home with Ivan Vladislavić

An African Flaneur Greens the Postcolonial City

Thumbnail
Author(s)
Gaylard, Gerald
Language
English
Show full item record
Abstract
At Home With Ivan Vladislavić is the first comprehensive analysis of the works of Ivan Vladislavić. Bringing a flaneur’s "internal GPS" to postcolonial Johannesburg, Vladislavić established a critical sense of home via an intimate knowledge of geography and history. This sense of belonging can have positive ecological effects as we tend to protect what we know. The flaneur’s deep word hoard also helped him to develop a minimalist style, which was not only a means of living sustainably in the city, but in its humour and close attention to detail a way to make greening the city more of a joy than a duty. In this way, Vladislavić created a culture of sustainability.
URI
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/101208
Keywords
Postcolonial, Ivan Vladislavić, Ecology, South Africa,sustainability; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
DOI
10.4324/9781003318996
ISBN
9781003318996, 9781032332918, 9781032332925
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Publication date and place
2023
Imprint
Routledge

Chapters in this book

  • Chapter Introduction
    Granadino, Alan; Nygård, Stefan; Stadius, Peter (2022)
    "With a combined focus on social democrats in Northern and Southern Europe, this book crucially broadens our understanding of the transformation of European social democracy from the mid-1970s to the early-1990s. In doing ...
  • Chapter Introduction
    Gaylard, Gerald (2023)
    At Home With Ivan Vladislavić is the first comprehensive analysis of the works of Ivan Vladislavić. Bringing a flaneur’s "internal GPS" to postcolonial Johannesburg, Vladislavić established a critical sense of home via an ...
  • Chapter 6 Portrait with Keys
    Gaylard, Gerald (2023)
    At Home With Ivan Vladislavić is the first comprehensive analysis of the works of Ivan Vladislavić. Bringing a flaneur’s "internal GPS" to postcolonial Johannesburg, Vladislavić established a critical sense of home via an ...