War and migration in the White African tropics: Lauren St John’s 'Rainbow’s End'
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Article Title | War and migration in the White African tropics: Lauren St John’s 'Rainbow’s End' |
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ERA Journal ID | 41572 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Gehrmann, Richard (Author) and Hammersley-Mather, Rachel (Author) |
Journal Title | eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
Journal Citation | 15 (2), pp. 30-41 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | James Cook University |
Place of Publication | Cairns, Australia |
ISSN | 1448-2940 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/index |
Abstract | This article explores voyage and migration in tropical Africa through Lauren St John’s Rainbow’s End, a memoir contributing to debates of white African identity that now include more contemporary renditions of identity in female self-reflective accounts differing markedly from masculine perspectives. In her coming-of-age memoir, St John chronicles her experiences of a privileged 1970s white Rhodesian society at war, and her gradual awareness of racial inequalities that transformed her into a white Zimbabwean. St John’s account of white settler identity and racial difference gives us insights into a day in the African tropics, and furthermore speaks to those in other settler countries such as Australia who are debating colonial history and identity, and who are often uncomfortable with aspects of their own settler past. |
Keywords | white African, war, memory, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, tropics |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 439999. Other history, heritage and archaeology not elsewhere classified |
470299. Cultural studies not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | International Studies |
SEED, Madagascar | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3w69/war-and-migration-in-the-white-african-tropics-lauren-st-john-s-rainbow-s-end
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