Race Relations in Alan Paton's Cry the Beloved Country

Klappentext Capturing a snapshot of the race relations that would set the stage for apartheid in South Africa, Alan Paton's 1949 novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, paints a complicated portrait of the widening divisions between dissolving tribal cultures and white communities. This necessary edition presents essays that examine the treatment of race relations in Cry, the Beloved Country, discussing topics such as whether or not the book's political vision was naive, how Paton's complex view on goodness and badness helped to inform his text, and how the novel's publication helped or hindered open conversations regarding race in South Africa. An in-depth biography of author Alan Paton and modern perspectives on race in South Africa, including an examination of post-apartheid conditions, are included as well.

Product details

• Assisted by: Dedria Bryfonski (Editor)
• Authors: Dedria Bryfonski
• Publisher: Greenhaven press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 13.02.2009
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780737743951
• ISBN: 978-0-7377-4395-1
• Pages: 144
• Age Recommendation: ages 15 to 17
• Series: Social Issues in Literature (P; Social Issues in Literature
• Subjects: Europa; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; Young Adult Social Situations