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Violence in a time of liberation : murder and ethnicity at a South African gold mine, 1994 / Donald L. Donham ; with photographs by Santu Mofokeng.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2011 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Donham, Donald L. (Donald Lewis)
Contributor:
Mofokeng, Santu, 1956-2020.
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethnic conflict--South Africa.
Ethnic conflict.
Violence--South Africa.
Violence.
Post-apartheid era--South Africa.
Post-apartheid era.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This ethnographic analysis of violence that broke out in a South African gold mine soon after apartheid ended in 1994 shows how violence comes to be blamed on ethnic differences retrospectively-and often wrongly.
Contents:
Picturing a South African gold mine : photo gallery by Santu Mofokeng
White stories
Ways of dying
Good Friday at Cinderella
Freeing workers and erasing history
Unionization from above
Motives for murder
The aftermath : "they were enjoying our freedom".
Notes:
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613265883
9781283265881
1283265885
9780822393412
0822393417
OCLC:
1144151460

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