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Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature: Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Palgrave Macmillan<\/a>
\nNovember 2013
\n208 pages
\n3 illustrations
\n5.500 x 8.500 inches
\nHardback ISBN: 978-1-137-36492-0, ISBN10: 1-137-36492-0<\/p>\n

Diana Adesola Mafe<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of English
\nDenison University, Granville, Ohio<\/em><\/p>\n

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America’s new millennial interest in multiraciality coincides with South Africa’s<\/a> post-apartheid<\/a> push towards greater visibility as the Rainbow Nation. Here, Diana Adesola Mafe argues that the recent celebration of the mulatto<\/a> as an avatar<\/a> of positive change for multiracial nations like South Africa and the United States overlooks the complex global trajectories that resulted in this watershed moment. Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature<\/em> examines the popular literary stereotype, the tragic mulatto<\/a>, from a comparative perspective. Mafe considers the ways in which specific South African and American writers have used this controversial literary character to challenge the logic of racial categorization. The result is a transnational dialogue between these respective national literatures, both of which use tragic mulatto fiction as a locus for broader questions about race and belonging.<\/p>\n

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