From 'foreign natives' to 'native foreigners' : explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa : citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics /
Neocosmos, M.
From 'foreign natives' to 'native foreigners' : explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa : citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics / Michael Neocosmos. - [2nd ed.]. - Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, c2010. - xiv, 172 p. ; 24 cm. - Codesria book series . - Codesria book series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-169).
"The events of May 2008 in which 62 people were killed simply for being 'foreign' and thousands were turned overnight into refugees shook the South African nation. This book is the first to attempt a comprehensive and rigorous explanation for those horrific events. It argues that xenophobia should be understood as a political discourse and practice. As such its historical development as well as the conditions of its existence must be elucidated in terms of the practices and prescriptions which structure the field of politics. In South Africa, the history of xenophobia is intimately connected to the manner in which citizenship has been conceived and fought over during the past fifty years at least ..."-- Back cover.
9782869783072
2010306828
Xenophobia--South Africa.
Citizenship--South Africa.
Nationalism--South Africa.
Immigrants--Social conditions.--South Africa
Migrant labor--South Africa.
Foreign workers--South Africa.
Marginality, Social--South Africa.
South Africa--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV8825.2 / .N47 2010
From 'foreign natives' to 'native foreigners' : explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa : citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics / Michael Neocosmos. - [2nd ed.]. - Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, c2010. - xiv, 172 p. ; 24 cm. - Codesria book series . - Codesria book series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-169).
"The events of May 2008 in which 62 people were killed simply for being 'foreign' and thousands were turned overnight into refugees shook the South African nation. This book is the first to attempt a comprehensive and rigorous explanation for those horrific events. It argues that xenophobia should be understood as a political discourse and practice. As such its historical development as well as the conditions of its existence must be elucidated in terms of the practices and prescriptions which structure the field of politics. In South Africa, the history of xenophobia is intimately connected to the manner in which citizenship has been conceived and fought over during the past fifty years at least ..."-- Back cover.
9782869783072
2010306828
Xenophobia--South Africa.
Citizenship--South Africa.
Nationalism--South Africa.
Immigrants--Social conditions.--South Africa
Migrant labor--South Africa.
Foreign workers--South Africa.
Marginality, Social--South Africa.
South Africa--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV8825.2 / .N47 2010