Alex la Guma: a literary and political biography of the South African years

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dc.contributor.advisorBundy, Colin
dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Jane
dc.contributor.authorField, Roger Michael
dc.contributor.otherDept. of English
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-12T07:32:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-25T07:28:03Z
dc.date.available2007/03/23 10:50
dc.date.available2007/03/23
dc.date.available2013-06-12T07:32:38Z
dc.date.available2024-03-25T07:28:03Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description>Doctor Literarum - DLiten_US
dc.description.abstractThe South African years (1925-1966) of Alex la Guma is examined in this thesis. While La Guma's father was an important role model, most critics have overlooked his mother's contribution to his literary and political development. Throughout the thesis the same point is made about Blanche, La Guma's wife, who supported him in many ways. The researcher describes La Guma's infancy, childhood and adolescence, his father's political profile, how notions of race and writing, coloured identity and family and political experiences created the conditions that enabled him to become a story teller and political activist .en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9632
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectLa Guma, Alexen_US
dc.subjectPolitics in literatureen_US
dc.subjectJournalismen_US
dc.subjectFictionen_US
dc.subjectComicsen_US
dc.subjectPaintingen_US
dc.titleAlex la Guma: a literary and political biography of the South African yearsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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