Graduation Year
Fall 2010
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Literature
Reader 1
Keri Walsh
Reader 2
Anonymous
Abstract
This Thesis is an exploration of white fathers in three post-apartheid novels: Mark Behr's The Smell of Apples, Nadine Gordimer's The House Gun, and J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. By examining the link between private white hegemonic masculinity and the apartheid government, the Thesis analyzes the transitional process as these men try to adopt less authoritative identities.
Recommended Citation
Reck, Casey M., "Laying Bare the Sins of the Father: Exploring White Fathers in Post-Apartheid Literature" (2010). CMC Senior Theses. 63.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/63
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