Xenophobia in South Africa - A History (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book is a vivid history of racism in post-apartheid South Africa, focusing on how colonialism still haunts black intraracial relationships. In 2008, sixty-four people died in a wave of anti-immigrant violence in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg; in the aftermath, Hashi Kenneth Tafira went to Alexandra and undertook an ethnographic study of why this violence occurred. Presented here, his findings reframe xenophobia as a form of black-on-black racism, unraveling the long history of colonial dehumanization and self-abnegation that continues to shape South African black subjectivities. Studying vernacular, popular stereotypes, gender, and sexual politics, Tafira investigates the dynamics of love relationships between black South African women and black immigrant men, and pervasive myths about male sexuality, economic competition, and immigrants. Pioneering and timely, this book presents a cohesive picture of the new face of racism in the twenty-first century.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	African Histories and Modernities
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Hashi Kenneth Tafira
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	148
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-67713-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-319-67713-6
Barcode:	9783319677132

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