Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature

Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-36492-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3648 g

Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature examines the popular literary stereotype, the tragic mulatto, from a transnational perspective. Mafe considers the ways in which specific South African and American writers have used this controversial literary character to challenge the logic of racial categorization.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mafe, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Tainted Blood: The 'Tragic Mulatto' Tradition 1. God's Stepchildren: The 'Tragedy of Being a Halfbreed' in South African Literature 2. 'An Unlovely Woman': Bessie Head's Mulatta (re)Vision 3. 'A Little Yellow Bastard Boy': Arthur Nortje's Mulatto Manhood 4. Tragic to Magic?: Achmat Dangor's Bitter Fruit Conclusion: Playing in the Light

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Adesola Mafe is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Denison University, USA.