The black woman in South African English literature

The article examines representations of black women in South African writing from the seventeenth century to the present. It is suggested that both race and gender are important factors in the formulation of several stereotypical depictions which recur in the work of white authors. These types are variously classified as “untouchables”, “unattainables” and “destroyers”. The article concludes with a brief consideration of the “Mother Africa” figure created by black male authors

Black female · Black women · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture

• The Search for Mother Africa

  Colleen C O’brien, Colleen O''Brien et al.•African Studies Review•1994

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• Legislating women

  Open Access•Ian Glenn•Journal of Literary Studies•1996

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• A mother is nothing but a backbone”

  Eva Hunter•Current Writing•1993

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• Southern African Literature

  John Povey, Stephen Gray•African Arts•1980

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