The racial element in Afrikaans children's and youth literature

Abstract

None provided. The following extracts are taken from the author's 'Statement of the problem, hypothetical premise and motivation for the study': This study will investigate the literary 'explanations' or 'fictions' with which the Afrikaner as a social group tries to explain the anomalies in his society and his history to his children through their literature. The question will arise as to how far racist attitudes have been internalised by authors to the extent that they are not even aware of it, being products of a society where racism is the accepted norm