Mapping my way home : activism, nostalgia, and the downfall of apartheid South Africa / by Stephanie J. Urdang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urdang, Stephanie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

South Africa--Economic conditions--1961-1991.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [2017]

Summary:

Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, South Africa, into a white, Jewish family staunchly opposed to the apartheid regime.In 1967, at the age of twenty-three, no longer able to tolerate the grotesque iniquities and oppression of apartheid, she chose exile and emigrated to the United States.

Contents:

Cover

Mapping My Way Home

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Mother Mountain

PART ONE

1. "Such a Show of Power!"

2. "But It Makes No Sense"

3. "You Have to Learn to Think for Yourself"

4. By the Stroke of a Pen

5. "You Can Make More of a Difference Outside"

6. Slowly, Haltingly, I Became Acclimatized

7. Anti-Apartheid Activist

8. We Took Our Cues from the Liberation Movements

9. "Well, It's My Turn Now!"

PART TWO

10. "Welcome to Cairo!"

11. "Visits like Yours Build Bridges"

12. A Bona Fide Journalist

13. "We Can't Stop Until It's Over"

14. Can I Take My Inner Calm Back with Me?

15 A Conscientious Observer

PART THREE

16. "I Will Not Have to Prove It Again"

17. "There's Been a Coup!"

18. "We Have to Fight Twice"

19. "You Will Leave from Bissau"

20. "Now I Need to Believe in Myself"

21. "She Doesn't Know What She Fought For"

22. "This Very Day Is South Africa's Pidgiguiti"

23. "I Am Proud of You"

PART FOUR

24. Across the Border from Home-Home

25. "Now We Have Hope"

26. "I Will Give My Own Life If Necessary"

27. The Ripple Effect of the War

28. "Define Your Terms, Comrade!"

29. "I Am a Visitor to My Past"

30. A Serious, Full-Time Job in the Movement

31. "How Much Does She Weigh?"

32. "What About the People?"

33. "Night Is Turning into Day"

PART FIVE

34. "Are You Planning to Return?"

35. No Longer the "Skunk of the World"

36. "Apartheid Is Over but the Struggle Is Not"

37. "A Deception"

38. Finding Home

Epilogue: "The Fabric of the Nation Is Splitting at the Seams"

Resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-58367-670-8

OCLC:

1007130082