"Inkaba yakho iphi?" (where is your navel?): birthplaces, ancestors and ancestral spirits in South African literature

• Author / Creator

  Midgley, Henry Peter, 1965-

• Subjects / Keywords

  • South African literature (English). History and criticism.
  • Afrikaans literature. History and criticism.
  • Xhosa literature. History and criticism.
  • Ancestor worship. South Africa.
  • Genealogy in literature.
  • Supernatural in literature.
  • Spirits.

• Graduation date

  2006

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy in English

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-weqc-db68

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private, scholarly or scientific research. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.