Blair, Peter2012-05-292012-05-292003Blair, P. (2003). That "ugly word": Miscegenation and the novel in preapartheid South Africa. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, 49(3), 581-613. https://doi.org/10.1353/mfs.2003.00450026-772410.1353/mfs.2003.0045http://hdl.handle.net/10034/226332This article is not available through ChesterRep.This article discusses the role of miscegenation in the elaboration of racial identity in South Africa before 1948. Links and limitations between miscegenation and race change in South African English novels of this period, particularly Sarah Gertrude Millin's "God's step-children" are explored.enArchived with thanks to MFS Modern Fiction StudiesnovelSouth AfricaArticle1080-658XMFS: Modern Fiction Studies49