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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donham, Donald L. (Donald Lewis)
- 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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