Race Relations in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country

by Dedria Bryfonski

Book Overview

Capturing a snapshot of the race relations that would set the stage for apartheid in South Africa, Alan Paton's 1949 novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, paints a complicated portrait of the widening divisions between dissolving tribal cultures and white communities. This necessary edition presents essays that examine the treatment of race relations in Cry, the Beloved Country, discussing topics such as whether or not the book's political vision was naive,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737743956
• ISBN13: 9780737743951
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12