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Worrier State - Risk, Anxiety And Moral Panic In South Africa (Paperback) Loot Price: R234
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Worrier State - Risk, Anxiety And Moral Panic In South Africa (Paperback): Nicky Falkof

Worrier State - Risk, Anxiety And Moral Panic In South Africa (Paperback)

Nicky Falkof

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Worrier State looks at the pervasive culture of fear in South Africa. It reveals how narratives of fear manifest in contemporary media forms and the people they serve, and how these are impacted by race, class, gender, space and identity.

Through an interdisciplinary body of work, and using a case-based study approach, media analyst Nicky Falkof investigates how risk, anxiety and moral panic show up in media portrayals in modern South Africa. Her main intervention in this approach is through ‘affect’: how do South Africans feel about living under conditions of extreme fear, which is related to gross inequality, and how does the media make us feel? Together, these essays about ‘white genocide’, ‘Satanist’ murders, township urban legends and suburban community groups present an always-partial and necessarily contingent picture of some of the ways in which cultures of fear structure life and meaning for various people in various communities.

They show how narratives of fear underpin everyday life, informing both self-making and meaning-making in contemporary South Africa.

General

Imprint: Wits University Press
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: May 2022
Authors: Nicky Falkof
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-1-77614-788-5
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General
Books > Local Author Showcase > Lifestyle
LSN: 1-77614-788-X
Barcode: 9781776147885

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