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Autore |
Adhikari Mohamed |
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Not white enough, not black enough [[electronic resource] ] : racial identity in the South African coloured community / / Mohamed Adhikari |
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Athens, : Ohio University Press |
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Cape Town, : Double Storey Books, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; ; no. 83 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Colored people (South Africa) - Race identity |
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South Africa Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Continuity and context : an overview of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa -- History from the margins : changing perceptions of its past within the coloured community -- The predicament of marginality : case studies from the earlier period of white rule -- The hegemony of race : coloured identity within the radical movement during the mid-twentieth century -- The emperor's new clothes : coloured rejectionism during the latter phases of the apartheid era -- New responses to old dilemmas : coloured identity in a transforming South Africa. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The concept of Colouredness-being neither white nor black-has been pivotal to the brand of racial thinking particular to South African society. The nature of Coloured identity and its heritage of oppression has always been a matter of intense political and ideological contestation. Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Racial Identity in the South African Coloured Community is the first systematic study of Coloured identity, its history, and its relevance to South African national life. Mohamed Adhikari engages with the debates and controversies thrown up by the identity's troubled existence a |
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