From 'foreign natives' to 'native foreigners'
Subtitle: explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa : citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics
By: Michael Neocosmos
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Series: Codesria book series; Codesria book series
Publisher: CODESRIA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dakar, Senegal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9782869783072
Subjects: Xenophobia; Citizenship; Nationalism; Immigrants; Social conditions; Migrant labor; Foreign workers; Social Marginality; Emigration and immigration; Government policy
Description: "The events of May 2008 in which 62 people were killed simply for being 'foreign' and thousands were turned overnight into refugees shook the South African nation. This book is the first to attempt a comprehensive and rigorous explanation for those horrific events. It argues that xenophobia should be understood as a political discourse and practice. As such its historical development as well as the conditions of its existence must be elucidated in terms of the practices and prescriptions which structure the field of politics. In South Africa, the history of xenophobia is intimately connected to the manner in which citizenship has been conceived and fought over during the past fifty years at least ..."-- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-169).