ISBN:
1978700547
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9781978700543
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9781978700567
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiii, 311 Seiten
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Diagramme
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24 cm
Keywords:
Afrikaner
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Rassismus
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Fremdenfeindlichkeit
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Ethnicity
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Ethnology
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South Africa
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"The subject of race and identity is a burning issue which continues to occupy the attention not only of South Africans but also the wider residents of the continent of Africa and those who are Africans in the Diaspora. The outburst of xenophobic attacks against foreigners mostly of Black African origins in some communities of Kwa-Zulu Natal and areas of Johannesburg during 2008 and 2015 has raised questions about the social cohesion of South African society linked to unresolved structural identity issues bequeathed by the nation's past colonial and apartheid legacy. This publication argues that there is an embedded schizophrenic identity crisis within the society that requires scholarly interrogation. The chapters assemble scholarly voices from different ethnic groups that examine the central research question of this study: Who is an African? Within the wider Southern African context, identity and ethnicity politics are framing nationalist economic policies and are impacting on social cohesion within many countries. Writing from different social and racial locations the authors have critically engaged with the central question and offer some important insights that can serve as a resource for all nations grappling with issues of race, ethnicity, identity constructed politics, and social cohesion."
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PART I RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
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The Changing Salience of Race : Discrimination and Diversity in South Africa
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Cracking the Skull of Racism in South Africa Post-1994
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Black Solidarity Impaled : The Cause of Afrophobia
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Race, Place and Indian Identities in Contemporary South Africa
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Liberating Identifications : Being Black Conscious, Being Non-Racial, Being African
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Umuntu Akalahlwa : An Exploration of an African Ethics
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PART II GENDER, SEXUALITY AND SOCIAL COHESION
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"I am Born of a People Who Would Not Tolerate Oppression" : The Role of Indian Women's Movements in Social Transformation
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Identity Construction of African Women in the Midst of Land Dispossession
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Reenacting "Destiny" : Masculinity and Afrikaner Identity in "Religious" Post-Apartheid South Africa
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"Some LGBTIQs Are More Unequal than Others" : Determinants of LGBTIQ Marginality in South Africa
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Rituals of Female Solidarity : The Role of Imbusa in Promoting Social Cohesion among Married Women in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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PART III RELIGION, PROTEST, AND AFRICANNESS
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"Sing unto the LORD a New Song" (Psalm 98:1) : Aspects of the Afrikaans Punk-Rock Group Fokofpolisiekar's Musical Spirituality as Rearticulated Aspects of the 1978 Afrikaans ‘Psalm en Gesangeboek’
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Rastafari Perspectives on African Identities : Lucky Dube's "Different Colours
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On Locating Islam and African Muslim Identity within Black/Africana Existential Thought : A Preview
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Urban Immigrant Pentecostal Missiology : The Case of an Immigrant Zambian Pentecostal Pastor in South Africa
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Why Read the West : Messianicity and Canonicity within a Postcolonial South African Context
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