Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: Zoe Wicomb
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This article examines Zoë Wicomb’s wide-ranging use of intertextuality in the novel Playing in the Light to explore the links between identity construction and postcolonial authorship.
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Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoë Wicomb’s celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the complexities of a knotty relationship with Brenda, her first black employee.
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Playing in the dark/ playing in the light: Coloured identity in the novels of Zoë Wicomb Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa Volume 20, Issue 1, 2008 pages 1-15 DOI: 10.1080/1013929X.2008.9678286 J. U. Jacobs, Senior Professor of English and Fellow University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Zoë Wicomb’s three fictional works—You Can’t Get Lost…
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‘You Can Get Lost in Cape Town’: Transculturation and Dislocation in Zoë Wicomb’s Literary Works Afroeuropa: Journal of Afroeuropean Studies Volume 2, Number 3 (2008) 10 pages María Jesús López Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Professor of English University of Córdoba In Zoë Wicomb’s novels and short stories, main characters tend to share Wicomb’s coloured condition—mixed-race identity as defined…
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Empire’s progeny: The representation of mixed race characters in twentieth century South African and Caribbean literature 2006-01-01 355 pages Publication Number: AAT 3249543 Kathleen A. Koljian University of Connecticut A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, 2006. This dissertation is an…