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Mixed race stereotypes in South African and American literature :coloring outside the (black and white) lines /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mixed race stereotypes in South African and American literature :by Diana Adesola Mafe.
Reminder of title:	coloring outside the (black and white) lines /
Author:	Mafe, Diana Adesola,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	American literatureHistory and criticism.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137364937
ISBN:	1137364939 (electronic bk.)

Mixed race stereotypes in South African and American literature :coloring outside the (black and white) lines /
Mafe, Diana Adesola,

Mixed race stereotypes in South African and American literature :coloring outside the (black and white) lines /by Diana Adesola Mafe. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: 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.

America's new millennial interest in multiraciality coincides with South Africa's postapartheid push towards greater visibility as the Rainbow Nation. Here, Diana Adesola Mafe argues that the recent celebration of the mulatto as an avatar of positive change for multiracial nations like South Africa and the United States overlooks the complex global trajectories that resulted in this watershed moment. "Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature" examines the popular literary stereotype, the tragic mulatto, from a comparative 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. The result is a transnational dialogue between these respective national literatures, both of which use tragic mulatto fiction as a locus for broader questions about race and belonging.

ISBN: 1137364939 (electronic bk.)

Source: 694346Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

174179
American literature
--History and criticism.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR9355.2 / .M34 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9/968

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