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Title:Mind your colour: the 'coloured' stereotype in South African literature
Author:February, V.A.ISNI
Year:1981
Pages:248
Language:English
Series:Monographs from the African Studies Centre
City of publisher:London
Publisher:Kegan Paul International
ISBN:0710300026
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:images
Coloureds
External link:https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/febr002mind01_01/
Abstract:This book is about the creation and maintenance of a cultural stereotype. It deals with the people classified by the racial legislation of South Africa as 'coloureds', and with the image forced upon them by South African society. The author examines the 'coloured' stereotype in English, Afrikaans and Dutch literature, suggesting that it has served as a means of social control and repression. From the first unflattering historical depiction of the Khoi to the work of contemporary writers, the picture ranges from the comically distorted to ambiguity and near-kinship. As political consciousness has grown among the 'coloureds', the general picture has become less favourable. The book is an adapted version of the author's doctoral thesis, 'Flagellated skin, a fine fetish: the 'Coloured' as a stereotype in South African literature' (Leiden, 1977).
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