Town and Country Lovers | Emotional Landscapes
In the following essay,
Semansky analyzes the way Gordimer uses
descriptions of her characters’ bodies to explore
their emotional landscapes.
In the introduction to Conversations with Nadine Gordimer, the editors quote Gordimer as saying that politics and sex constitute the ‘‘two greatest drives in people’s lives.’’ Discussing the sexuality of one of her characters, Gordimer says,
I think there may be a particular connection between sexuality, sensuality, and politics inside South Africa. Because, after all, what is apartheid all about? . . . It’s about black skin, and it’s about woolly hair instead of straight, long blond hair, and black skin instead of white skin. The whole legal...
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