“Everyday Abnormality”: Crime and In/security in Ivan Vladislavic’s Portrait with Keys  

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Lenta, Patrick

Jenis: Article from Article
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature vol. 44 no. 1 (Mar. 2009), page 117-133.
Topik: Ivan Vladislavic´; Portrait with Keys; crime; security; insecurity; the everyday; Johannesburg
Fulltext: Everyday Abnormality.pdf (153.11KB)

Isi artikel

This article focuses on representations of crime, the anxiety it generates and the technologies of security and surveillance employed to keep it at bay in Ivan Vladislavic´’s Portrait with Keys: Joburg and What-what (2006). Portrait with Keys is a hybrid work, showing the infl uence of French documenters of the quotidian such as De Certeau, Perec and Lefèbvre. It is an experiment with genre that combines biography, autobiography, historical writing and the essay to explore the everyday life of Johannesburg, the city in which its author lives and works. In this article, I consider Vladislavic´’s project and refl ect on the way in which his depictions of crime, insecurity and security measures are connected to it. I distinguish his treatment of this topic from other attempts to engage with it. Finally, I identify and comment on Vladislavic´’s ethical and political concerns.

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