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Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature : Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines / by D. Mafe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mafe, D., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature.
- African languages.
- Literature.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Fiction.
- African Literature.
- African Languages.
- World Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- African Literature.
- African Languages.
- World Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Tainted blood: the tragic mulatto tradition
- God's stepchildren: the tragedy of being a halfbreed in South African literature
- An unlovely woman: Bessie Head's mulatta (re)vision
- A little yellow bastard boy: Arthur Nortje's mulatto manhood
- Tragic to magic?: Achmat Dangor's bitter fruit
- Conclusion: Playing in the light.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349473601
- 134947360X
- 9781137364937
- 1137364939
- OCLC:
- 880438835
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