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In the Shadow of the Dragon's Back
Contributor(s): Longstaff, Rachel Odhner (Author)

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 ISBN: 1683150120     ISBN-13: 9781683150121
Publisher: Culicidae Press, LLC
OUR PRICE: $42.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: August 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.07 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Dust Cover
 
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The book is the story of a young American girl living in South Africa during the early years of apartheid (1948-1960). One of six children of a Swedenborgian minister who was sent to South Africa to establish a theological school for Africans, the author reaches back into this unique time and place in an effort to rediscover the culture that influenced her own adult attitudes. Rather than following a strictly chronological format, the story is laid out in a series of verbal snapshots, supported by photographs. Family life, experienced through the eyes of a child living in a complex environment, contrasts with the lives of those who were impacted by the institutionalized racism of apartheid. Examples of the Acts of apartheid at the end of each chapter include news articles, interviews, and commentary. After returning permanently to America as a teenager the author uncovers those artifacts of the past that inform her place in the world today.
 
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