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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792030203321

Autore

Smith McKoy Sheila

Titolo

When whites riot [[electronic resource] ] : writing race and violence in American and South African cultures / / Sheila Smith McKoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2001

ISBN

0-299-17393-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

White people - United States - History

Riots - United States - History

Racism - United States

Mass media and race relations - United States

White people - South Africa - History

Riots - South Africa - History

Racism - South Africa

Mass media and race relations - South Africa

United States Race relations

South Africa Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: White Riot-Binding American and South African Cultures ""; ""1. Riot-Making: Ululation, Resistance, and Reclamation""; ""2. Reading the Riot Act: The Teleology of Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898""; ""3. Rioting in a State of Siege: The Cultural Contexts of Sipho Sepamla's A Ride on the Whirlwind and the Soweto Uprising of 1976""; ""4. Subverting the Silences: Historicizing White Riot in Fiction and Film""

""Epilogue: The Tie That Binds-Los Angeles and Mmabatho, White Riot on the Cusp of a New Millennium""""Notes""; ""Works Cited and Selected Bibliography""; ""Filmography""; ""Index""