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Uitlanders in Stellenbosch : Identities, English, and Learning to Live Together / Patricia Johnson-Castle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson-Castle, Patricia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--South Africa.
- English language.
- South Africa--Languages.
- South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, [2025]
- Summary:
- The Fallist student movements in South Africa (2015-2016) ignited intense debates about language and exclusion at Stellenbosch University.This ethnographic research explores the complex social dynamics at the university, revealing how language and race intertwine, fracture, and sometimes even bridge divides.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Welkom by/Welcome to/Wamkelekile eStellenbosch
- Methodology
- Ethical Considerations
- 2 Settling on Settler-Colonialism?
- Introduction
- Africa, Colonialism, and Settler-Colonialism
- White Settlers and Language in Southern Africa
- White Settlers and Land in (Mostly) Southern Africa
- Shades of White: Class Politics
- Conclusion
- 3 Afrikaans, English and Africa: A Story of Love and Hate
- Struggles in Stellenbosch
- Historical Afrikaans and English Relations in Broader South Africa
- South African Language Beyond English and Afrikaans
- African Language Debates: Empire, Achebe, Ngugi and Beyond
- 4 Routes to Stellenbosch
- Setting the Scene at Stellenbosch University
- 5 Silent, Concrete Walls: Black and White, and the Grey Areas of the Making and Re-Making and Maintaining of Interracial Friendships
- Whiteness and South African Whiteness
- 'Place' in Theory
- Characteristics of Friendship
- Challenges of Making Friends
- Whiteness Isn't Only Skin Deep… Sometimes, It Has Little To Do With The Skin.
- Social Spaces in Stellenbosch
- 6 "You Can't Just Leave Us Here"- Caught Between Bloemfontein and Perth
- Mediums of Instruction
- Being White/African/Afrikaner: History and Obligation
- 'Should I Stay, or Should I go?': Emigration and Remaining
- Discussion and Hierarchy among White-Afrikaans People
- Language and Identity at Stellenbosch
- Don't Rock the Boat
- Learning and Flexibility
- 7 Ndiyazama Noko
- References
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789956554560
- 9956554561
- OCLC:
- 1492958232
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