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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

V. A. February

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: February, V A February, V. A. February, February V. A.
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.03.2019
• EAN: 9781138883888
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88388-8
• Pages: 256
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; 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