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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 189, 2020
2020 International Conference on Agricultural Science and Technology and Food Engineering (ASTFE 2020)
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| Article Number | 03031 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202018903031 | |
| Published online | 15 September 2020 | |
The skewed social image of white South Africans in Nadine Gordimer’s The Conservationist
BNU-HKBU United International College 2000 Jintong Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Gangdong Province, China
-In this article he examines the social identity crisis of White South Africans in Nadine Gordimer’s “The Conservationist”. Gordimer describes the psychology, social deformities and human distortions of the repressed white people in post-colonial South Africa. At that time, white South Africans were tortured by colonial guilt and racial contradictions. While recognizing the culture of their European ancestors, they wanted to integrate into the black South African society. This paper analyzes the decline of South African white identity and the phenomenon of white exodus from the perspective of the protagonist’s thoughts and behaviors, and combines the political and social problems during those days.
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