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From 'foreign natives' to 'native foreigners' : explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa : citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics / Michael Neocosmos.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Codesria book seriesPublication details: Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, c2010.Edition: [2nd ed.]Description: xiv, 172 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9782869783072
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JV8825.2 .N47 2010
Action note:
  • Cataloguing: 20260714 gtanuigtanui
Summary: "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.
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General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks JV8825.2 .N47 2010 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 37608
General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks JV8825.2 .N47 2010 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 37609
General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks JV8825.2 .N47 2010 C.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.3 Available 37610

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.

Cataloguing: 20260714 gtanuigtanui

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