Cultures of Violence Lynching and Racial Killing in South Africa and the American South |
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| Author:
| Evans, Ivan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7190-8557-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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By contrasting mobs of rope-wielding white Southerners to the gun-toting policemen and administrators who formally defended white supremacy in South Africa, this book employs racial killing as an optic for examining the distinctive logic of the racial state in the two contexts.
By contrasting mobs of rope-wielding white Southerners to the gun-toting policemen and administrators who formally defended white supremacy in South Africa, this book employs racial killing as an optic for examining the distinctive logic of the racial state in the two contexts.