Satanism and Family Murder in Late Apartheid South Africa: Imagining the End of Whiteness
Author:   Nicky Falkof
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
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9781137503046


Pages:   223
Publication Date:   17 July 2015
Format:   Hardback
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This book discusses two moral panics that appeared in the media in late apartheid South Africa: the Satanism scare and the so-called epidemic of white family murder. The analysis of these symptoms of social and political change reveals important truths about whiteness, gender, violence, history, nationalism and injustice in South Africa and beyond.

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Author:   Nicky Falkof
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.992kg
ISBN:  

9781137503046


ISBN 10:   1137503041
Pages:   223
Publication Date:   17 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: Dark Tales, White Wolves PART I: SATANISM 1. Excavations 2. Anatomy Of A Moral Panic 3. History And Identity 4. Older Anxieties 5. Resistance And (Bio)Power PART II: FAMILY MURDER 6. A Death In The Family 7. The Afrikaans Family Romance 8. A ' 'Bloody Epidemic ' ' 9. The Righteous Path 10. The Whitest White Conclusion: The End Of Whiteness

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Nicky Falkof was born and raised in the Johannesburg suburbs during the last years of apartheid. She holds an MA in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex and a PhD from the London Consortium. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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