André Brink and the Afrikaner Heritage
André Brink, a dissident Afrikaner writer, wrote against his heritage. The most visible strategy consisted in redefining Afrikanerdom as dissidence and as africanity. The notion of betrayal was systematically reversed so that the Afrikaners who supported the Afrikaner regime were presented as the re...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | André Brink, a dissident Afrikaner writer, wrote against his heritage. The most visible strategy consisted in redefining Afrikanerdom as dissidence and as africanity. The notion of betrayal was systematically reversed so that the Afrikaners who supported the Afrikaner regime were presented as the real traitors. Yet dissidence was not an easy position for Brink and both he and his heroes had ambivalent attitudes toward Afrikanerdom and could never really escape from the laager. |
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