Ivan Evans

Cultures of violence

Lynching and Racial Killing in South Africa and the American South

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Produktbeschreibung

Deals with the inherent violence of "race relations" in 2 important countries that remain iconic expressions of white supremacy in the 20th century. Cultures of violence does not just reconstruct the era of violence. Instead it convincingly contrasts the "lynch culture" of the American South to the "bureaucratic culture of violence" in S. Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780719085574
• ISBN-10: 0719085578
• Artikelnr.: 33121472

Autorenporträt

Ivan Evans is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. "Rape" and violence in the making of segregation 3.
Racial violence and black labor in the South 4. Racial violence and state
intervention in the South African economy 5. Racial violence and religion
in the New South 6. "The weakness of some ...": Afrikaner civil religion
and racial paternalism 7. The nightmare of multiple jurisdictions: states
rights and lynching in the South 8. Racial violence and the legal system in
South Africa 9. Conclusion Index