Genres of Transition: Literature and Economy in Portuguese-Speaking Southern Africa

Cover Contents Acknowledgements 1 The Southern African World-System Sociological Presuppositions Neoliberal Transition Cyclical Rhythms Beyond Reflection 2 Irrealism in the Balance Literary Accumulation Novelists’ International The Pendulum of Critique Symbolic Resolution 3 Spectres of Blood and Fire Structure of Feeling Ontological Uncertainty Primitive Accumulation Vanishing Mediator 4 Luanda Syndrome Critical Dystopia Allegory in Ruins Messianic Failure Almost the End of the World Works Cited Index