When she was white : the true story of a family divided by race
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0786868988 (alk. paper), 9780786868988 (alk. paper), 9781401309374, 1401309372
Physical Desc
x, 324 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bedford - Adult | BIO Laing, Sandra | On Shelf |
Framingham State - Main | DT 1768 C65 S76 2007 | On Shelf |
Lexington - Adult | BIOGRAPHY LAING | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, c2007.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0786868988 (alk. paper), 9780786868988 (alk. paper), 9781401309374, 1401309372
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-297).
Description
During the worst years of official racism in South Africa, the story of one young girl came to symbolize the injustice, corruption, and arbitrary nature of apartheid. Born in 1955 to a pro-apartheid white couple, Sandra Laing was officially registered and raised as a white child. But at a school for whites, she was mercilessly persecuted because of her dark skin and frizzy hair. Her parents attributed her appearance to an interracial union far back in family history. Their neighbors, however, thought Mrs. Laing had committed adultery with a black man. The family was shunned. When Sandra was ten, she was reclassified as "coloured." As a teenager, she eloped with a black man, her parents disowned her, and having known only the privileged world of the whites, she chose to begin again in a poor, all-black township, where life was a desperate struggle against a legal system designed to enslave.--From publisher description.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Case studies.
Colored people (South Africa) -- Biography.
Colored people (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Laing, Sandra, -- 1955-
Laing, Sandra, -- 1955- -- Family.
Racism -- South Africa -- Case studies.
South Africa -- Biography.
South Africa -- Race relations -- Case studies.
Women -- South Africa -- Biography.
Colored people (South Africa) -- Biography.
Colored people (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Laing, Sandra, -- 1955-
Laing, Sandra, -- 1955- -- Family.
Racism -- South Africa -- Case studies.
South Africa -- Biography.
South Africa -- Race relations -- Case studies.
Women -- South Africa -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stone, J. (2007). When she was white: the true story of a family divided by race . Miramax Books/Hyperion.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stone, Judith, 1950-. 2007. When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided By Race. Miramax Books/Hyperion.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stone, Judith, 1950-. When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided By Race Miramax Books/Hyperion, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stone, Judith. When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided By Race Miramax Books/Hyperion, 2007.
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