Behind The Walled Garden of Apartheid
Subtitle: Growing Up White in Segregated South Africa
Publisher: Media Mint Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780984277834
Description: Set against the backdrop of the draconian apartheid regime, Behind the Walled Garden of Apartheid, Datnow’s memoir of growing up in South Africa deftly conjures up the era's blatant racism and the rich African landscape. The author vividly recreates her growing up years as white and Jewish at the height of the apartheid regime from 1948-1965, and her struggle as a young adult to come to terms with the wrongdoings of that dark era. The memoir is both a fascinating historical account and an intriguing personal narrative painted with humor and sensitivity.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: 1 Highveld Childhood; title: 2 From Shtetl to Stadt; title: 3. Journey into the Interior; title: 4. Something’s Amiss in the Garden of Apartheid; title: 5. Premier Fisheries Mosaic; title: 6. Country Cousins; title: 7. Schooling in the Garden of Apartheid; title: 8. Ceremonies of Food; title: 9. The 1950s: White Supremacy at Work; title: 10. The Winds of Change; title: 11. Down the Brain Drain; title: Epilogue