An interview with Eben Venter: Trencherman and environmentalism in South Africa. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Premoli, Martin
• Is Part Of: Safundi. Volume 17:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 407
• Page End: 415
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Environmental studies -- ecocriticism -- food studies -- South Africa -- Trencherman -- Eben Venter -- interview -- literary studies -- meat -- African literature; South Africa -- History -- Periodicals; United States -- History -- Periodicals; 968
• DOI: 10.1080/17533171.2016.1224548
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-3171

Abstract

Abstract: This interview explores the role of environmentalism – specifically as it relates to meat and agriculture – in the literature of South African writer Eben Venter. As discussed in the interview, Venter's novel Trencherman, through its envisioning of a post-apocalyptic South Africa, serves as an especially productive text for examining the interplay of colonialism and ecological violence.