Starving on a full stomach : hunger and the triumph of cultural racism in modern South Africa / Diana Wylie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wylie, Diana, 1948-

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Reconsiderations in southern African history.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Reconsiderations in southern African history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malnutrition--South Africa--History--20th century.

Malnutrition.

Famines--South Africa--History--20th century.

Famines.

Nutrition policy--South Africa--History--20th century.

Nutrition policy.

Racism--South Africa--History--20th century.

Racism.

Malnutrition--History--20th century--South Africa.

Famines--History--20th century--South Africa.

Nutrition policy--History--20th century--South Africa.

Racism--History--20th Century--South Africa.

South Africa--Race relations--History--20th century.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 319 p. ) ill., map. ;

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Cultural racism's fertile ground. European cultural pride: an evaluation

Before the land was lost: African food culture in the nineteenth century. The benevolent father: an embattled rationale for white supremacy. The politics of famine: state paternalism in rural South Africa, 1910-1948

Scientific paternalism: hunger and the measurement of urban poverty, 1910-1948. People without science: a modern rationale for white supremacy. The threat of "race deterioration": nutritional research in industrial context

Missionaries of science: the growth of the malnutrition syndrome, 1920-1960. The triumph of scientism and cultural essentialism. Denial and coercion: the state response to the malnutrition syndrome, 1940's to 1960's

Epilogue: the heritage of disrespect.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-298) and index.

ISBN:

0-8139-2171-6

Publisher Number:

2027/heb09264 hdl