White on Black in South Africa
a study of English-language inscriptions of skin colour
Our rough guess is there are 43,750 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 2 hours and 55 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 6 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Author
Publication
1993 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
43,750 words, Guess
Page Count
175 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100312047126
- ISBN-139780312047122
- Goodreads1138832
- Library of Congress Control Number90032845
- Open LibraryOL1873147M
Classifications
- DDC820.9/968
- LCCPR9358.2.W45 W3 1990
Description
The English-speaking whites of South Africa participate in the larger culture of the English-speaking world while rejecting its unspoken consensual positions on many basic issues. This study analyses texts of different kinds produced by the group to examine the way these deviant English-speakers see themselves, and particularly how this self-image is influenced by the presence of the blacks who constitute a crucial part of their perceptual field. Economically powerful but politically marginal for many years, the English-speaking whites have always been mediators of their community's experience to the world culture of the English language. This study shows how the act of mediation operates in more than one direction, producing a literary tradition that is essentially - and perhaps surprisingly - dissident
Subjects
Topics
Other Editions
- White on Black in South Africa
Similar Books
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!