MacCann / Maddy Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature 1985-1995

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-34872-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

Reihe: Children's Literature and Culture

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacCann, Donnarae

Maddy, Yulisa Amadu

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction Part I: Background Chapter I: Elements of Apartheid: "Science," Theology, Government and Extra-Constitutional Government (The Broederbond) Chapter II: Gatekeepers and Literary Education Part II: Novels About Contemporary South Africa Chapter III: Civil Disobedience and Urban Conflict: The Apartheid Perspective in Novels Chapter IV: Runaways, Forced Removals, Population Control Chapter V: The First Democratic Election: Right-Wing Fears in Post-Election Fiction Chapter VI: Interracial Friendship: Sacrificial Blacks, "Reformed" Whites Chapter VII: Interracial Romance: "Scientific" Racism Persists Chapter VIII: Stories of the Supernatural: Misreading African Tradition Part III: Historical Novels Chapter IX: The Trekking Boers: Land-Grabbing in Historical Literature Chapter X: Tales of Conquest and Religious Conversion Conclusion: "Is this Going to be a Democratic Society or Not?" Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Donnarae McCann is Visiting Professor of African-American World Studies at the University of Iowa. She is the author of White Supremacy in Children's Literature, African Images in Juvenile Literature, and The Black American in Books for Children: Readings in Racism. Yluisa Amadu Maddy is Visiting Assistant Professor of African-American World Studies at the University of Iowa.