Reading the Bambata rebellion in South African English fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J A Kearney (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 400-424 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564719408530091 |
| OpenAlex | W2009034032 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The focus of this paper is a group of thirteen early novels by white writers in which the Bambata Rebellion features significantly. Discussed in turn are: (a) the novels tending to endorse white prejudice; (b) those which are ambivalent in terms of the sympathy shown to whites and blacks; and (c) those which involve some sustained questioning of white propagandist interests, and possibly even some empathy for the black cause. Underlying the study is a concern with the extent to which white South African attitudes may have shifted towards, and perhaps beyond, the more enlightened responses to the Rebellion observed in the final set of novels
Ambivalence · Art · Empathy · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Sympathy · Gender Studies · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · South African History and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |