Race Relations in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780737743951)

Capturing a snapshot of the race relations that would set the stage for apartheid in South Africa, Alan Paton's 1949 novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, paints a complicated portrait of the widening divisions between dissolving tribal cultures and white communities. This necessary edition presents essays that examine the treatment of race relations in Cry, the Beloved Country, discussing topics such as whether or not the book's political vision was naive, how Paton's complex view on goodness and badness helped to inform his text, and how the novel's publication helped or hindered open conversations regarding race in South Africa. An in-depth biography of author Alan Paton and modern perspectives on race in South Africa, including an examination of post-apartheid conditions, are included as well.

Author: Dedria Bryfonski
ISBN-10: 0737743956
ISBN-13: 9780737743951
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2009
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d