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UNINA9910462828903321 |
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Autore |
Badat Saleem |
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Titolo |
The forgotten people [[electronic resource] ] : political banishment under apartheid / / by Saleem Badat |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-15484-0 |
90-04-24771-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Collana |
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African social studies series, , 1568-1203 ; ; v. 29 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exile (Punishment) - South Africa - History - 20th century |
Internally displaced persons - South Africa |
Political prisoners - South Africa |
Political activists - Legal status, laws, etc - South Africa |
Human rights - South Africa |
Apartheid - South Africa |
Electronic books. |
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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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"This book was earlier published in Southern Africa under ISBN 978-1-4314-0479-7 by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012." |
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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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Banishment: an old and common practice -- Banishment and rural resistance in the early 1950s: Gamatlala and Witzieshoek -- Banishment and rural resistance in the late 1950s: Bahurutshe and Sekhukhuneland -- Banishment and rural resistance in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Mpondoland, Thembuland and Natal -- Urban political opposition and banishment -- Banishments under the Suppression of Communism Act -- Life in banishment -- Responses to banishment. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The apartheid state employed many weapons against its opponents: imprisonment, banning, detention, assassination – and banishment. In a practice reminiscent of Tsarist and Soviet Russia, a large number of ‘enemies of the state’ were banished to remote areas, far from their homes, communities and followers. Here their existence became ‘a slow torture of the soul’, a kind of social death. This is the first study of an important but hitherto neglected group of opponents of apartheid, |
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set in a global, historical and comparative perspective. It looks at the reasons why people were banished, their lives in banishment and the efforts of a remarkable group of activists, led by Helen Joseph, to assist them. |
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