Then I Was Black
Subtitle: South African Political Identities in Transition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: July 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300080131
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Political structures: democracy; Contemporary Politics - Africa; Race And Ethnic Relations; Social Science; Sociology; Republic of South Africa; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Political History; United States - 20th Century; Political Science / General; Africa - General; Discrimination & Racism; 1978-1989; Democracy; Ethnicity; Political aspects; Politics and government; South Africa
Description: "In this book Courtney Jung argues that when ethnic and racial identities are politically fluid and heterogeneous, as she finds they are in South Africa, ethnic and racial politics will not undermine the peaceful and democratic potential of the government.".

"Jung examines three important cases of politicized racial and ethnic identity in South Africa: Zulu, Afrikaner, and Coloured. Working from extensive field research and interviews, she develops a model to explain shifts in the political salience, goals, and boundaries of these groups between 1980 and 1995."--BOOK JACKET.