Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature [electronic resource] : Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines /
Mafe, D.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.
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.
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.
African literature.
African languages.
Literature   .
America-Literatures.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Fiction.
African Literature.
African Languages.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Fiction.