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The black and white rainbow : reconciliation, opposition, and nation-building in democratic South Africa / Carolyn E. Holmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, Carolyn E., author.
- Series:
- African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)
- African perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nation-building--South Africa.
- Nation-building.
- Nationalism--South Africa.
- Nationalism.
- Democratization--South Africa.
- Democratization.
- Post-apartheid era--South Africa.
- Post-apartheid era.
- Reconciliation.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Nation-building imperatives compel citizens to focus on what makes them similar and what binds them together, forgetting what makes them different.Democratic institution building, on the other hand, requires fostering opposition through conducting multiparty elections and encouraging debate.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgemnts
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Remembering and Forgetting in Democratic South Africa
- Nation-Building and Democracy: Memory and Forgetting
- Research Design and Methodology
- Structure of the Book
- Chapter 2. South Africa: Forming a State, Building a Community
- No South Africans Before South Africa
- Unity through Segregation: Mid-Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century
- The Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism and the Hardening of Legal Segregation
- The Grand Apartheid Era
- Negotiating the End of Apartheid: Nation-Building and Democratization
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Reconciliation and Rainbows: Symbols With and Without History
- Rainbow Nation Symbolism
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Nation-Building through History-Telling
- Memory and History in Nation-Building and National Symbols
- Rainbow Forgetting or Commissioned Remembering
- Chapter 4. Opposition and Party Politics in Democratic South Africa
- Race and Elections
- Exit as Identity Politics
- Chapter 5. The Social Logic of Nation-Building: Navigating Race and Gender
- Gender and Race from Apartheid to Post-Apartheid
- Interpersonal Nation-Building: Gendered Relationships and Racialized Social Lives
- Economic Threat and Redress in Terms of Race
- Defending Our Families: Crime, Gender, and Racialized Threat Perception
- Race Relations on a Given Thursday at Midnight in Bloemfontein
- Chapter 6. Community Theater: Ceremony and Performance of Nationhood and Identity
- Strictly Defined Ethnocultural Rituals
- Affiliative Rituals
- Nationally Oriented Rituals
- Chapter 7. Homes, Farms, Parks, and Walls: Land, Space, and Ownership of Democratic South Africa
- Land Ownership and Land Reform: Who Owns What?.
- Integrating Public Space and Protecting Private Space: Contrasting Dynamics
- Where Is South Africa?
- Chapter 8. The Medium and the Message: Language and Communal Identity
- Language and Identity
- Language, Nationalism, and the University-Parallel-Medium Universities
- Newspapers, Language, and Print Capitalism
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- Policy Implications
- Areas of Future Research
- Conclusions: A Troubled Bridge Over Water
- Appendix: Interview Guide and Interview Index
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-12717-9
- OCLC:
- 1159631168
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