Mind Your Colour - The ''Coloured'' Stereotype in South African Literature

This book is essentially about stereotypes as found in the literature and culture of South Africa. It deals specifically with those people referred to in the South African racial legislation as 'coloureds'. The book is also an illustration of the way in which stereotypes function as a means of social control and repression.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Not a race of slaves 1 Untroubled things 2 You taught me language 3 Smelling strangeness 4 Little sorrow sits and weeps 5 Sons of Hagar 6 A voice in the wilderness 7 My brother’s keeper 8 The poor are unthinkable 9 New tenants of memory

Über den Autor / die Autorin

V. A. February

Zusammenfassung

This book is essentially about stereotypes as found in the literature and culture of South Africa. It deals specifically with those people referred to in the South African racial legislation as ‘coloureds’. The book is also an illustration of the way in which stereotypes function as a means of social control and repression.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: February, V A February, V. A. February, February V. A.
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.03.2019
• EAN: 9781138883888
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88388-8
• Seiten: 256
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Afrikaans, Ethnic Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, Republic of South Africa, Social discrimination & inequality, Literary studies: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies