Migration, space and transnational identities : the British in South Africa /

This timely text explores the lives, histories and identities of white British-born immigrants in South Africa, twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office. Drawing on over sixty in depth biographical interviews and ethnographic work in Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Conway, Daniel (Author), Leonard, Pauline, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
Subjects:
British > South Africa.
Britanniques > Afrique du Sud.
Migration, immigration & emigration > United Kingdom, Great Britain > Republic of South Africa.
Globalization > United Kingdom, Great Britain > Republic of South Africa.
Ethnic studies > United Kingdom, Great Britain > Republic of South Africa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
British
Society.
South Africa > English-Afrikaner relations.
Afrique du Sud > Relations entre Anglais et Afrikaners.
South Africa
Südafrika
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The British in South Africa: Continuity or Change?
  • 2. The Historical, Political and Social Dynamics of British Migration to South Africa
  • 3. Transnational and Translocal Identities: Settling in South Africa
  • 4. Space and Place in South Africa
  • 5. Landscapes of Belonging: Negotiating Britishness in South Africa
  • 6. The Landscapes of Un/belonging in South Africa
  • 7. Narratives of Continuity and Change: British Social and Political Attitudes in South Africa
  • 8. The British in South Africa: Conclusion.

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