Race and gender: a study of the artistic corruption of Perceval Gibbon's Souls in Bondage

Abstract

The paper analyses the informing "work ideology" of Souls in Bondage, engaging especi­ally with its sexist and racist cast, and argues in effect that, within the context of reception, the necessary cooperation required of the reader for the presentational process to render adequately the drama of its presented world is vitiated.

Opsommlng
In hierdie referaat word die "werk ideologie" wat Souls in Bondage struktureer, ondersoek met besondere verwysing na die seksistiese en rassistiese aard daarvan. Daar word aangevoer dat - binne die konteks van resepsie - die noodsaaklike samewerking van die leser ten einde dit moontlik te maak dat die drama in die aangebode wereld van die werk in die "presentasieproses" voldoende gerealiseer word, ondermyn word.