From Neglected History to Tourist Attraction: Reordering the Past in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness
From Neglected History to Tourist Attraction: Reordering the Past in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness
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从被忽视的历史到旅游景点：在扎克斯·姆达的《红色之心》中重新排列过去
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10.1353/ari.2013.0008
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2013
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Ana Pires
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Ana Pires
《红色之心》由两条叙事线组成：一条故事背景设定在南非第一次民主选举仅仅四年之后，另一条故事则探讨了1856年至1857年的“杀牛运动”，揭示了科萨人与英国殖民者之间的早期遭遇。回顾源于女先知Nongqawuse的愿景的过去事件，并将其与围绕Qolorha村旅游项目提案提出的经济和社会发展问题的当代讨论结合起来，Mda成功地表达了过去和现在南非文化和社会的复杂元素。在Mda的小说中，Qolorha村和Nongqawuse的角色从他们与科萨人历史上最戏剧性的事件之一的负面联系中解脱出来，变成了一个有潜力为当地人口的可持续发展做出贡献的旅游景点。穆达从大规模旅游业的威胁中拯救了科洛哈，并将农卡乌塞恢复为科萨人历史上一个有意义的人物，这些都强调了替代发展模式的重要性，以及修改往往服务于操纵目标的有偏见的历史叙述的相关性。
The Heart of Redness comprises two narrative strands: one which is set only four years after the first democratic elections in South Africa and one that explores the 1856–57 “Cattle Killing Movement” and discloses the early encounters between the Xhosa and the British colonizers. Retrieving the past episode originated in the visions of prophetess Nongqawuse and aligning it with the contemporary discussion surrounding issues of economic and social development raised by the proposal of a tourism project for the village of Qolorha, Mda successfully articulates the complex elements that have marked past and present South African culture and society. In Mda’s novel, the village of Qolorha and the character of Nongqawuse are released from their negative association with one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of the Xhosa and transformed into a tourist attraction that has the potential to contribute to the sustainable development of the local population. Mda’s rescue of Qolorha from the threat of massified tourism, and his recovery of Nongqawuse as a meaningful character for the history of the Xhosa, emphasize the importance of alternative development models and the relevance of revising biased historical narratives that often served manipulative objectives.