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The politics of the near : on the edges of protest in South Africa /

The Politics of the Near offers a novel approach to social unrest in post-apartheid South Africa. Keeping the noise of demonstrations, barricades, and clashes with the police at a distance, this ethnography of a poor people's movement traces individual commitments and the mainsprings of mobiliz...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tournadre, Jérôme (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Brown, Andrew (Literary translator) (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Francés
Publié: New York : Fordham University Press, 2022.
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Thinking from elsewhere.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. A South African City
  • 2. The Sense of Community
  • Interlude 1: Football, Community, and Politics
  • 3. "We Are the People Who Stay with Them in the Township"
  • 4. "My Blood Is Still Here, in UPM"
  • Interlude 2: What Really Matters
  • 5. "It Is Moral to Rebel"
  • 6. "We Do Not Discuss Politics"
  • 7. Leaders in the Communities
  • Interlude 3: Breakups
  • 8. Lost in Transition?
  • 9. The Community, the Movement, and the "Outside World"
  • 10. "Yes, We Do the Same Thing"
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author