Migration and National Identity in South Africa, 1860-2010

Migration and National Identity in South Africa, 1860-2010

Klotz, Audie

Cambridge University Press

07/2015

298

Mole

Inglês

9781107515239

15 a 20 dias

An extraordinary outbreak of xenophobic violence in May 2008 shocked South Africa, but hostility toward newcomers has a long history. This study traces the evolution of South African immigration policy since the arrival of the first Indian contract laborers in 1860 through to the aftermath of the May 2008 attacks.
Introduction; 1. Historiographies of migration; 2. Asians and the ambiguity of imperial subjecthood; 3. Apartheid and the dilemma of African citizenship; 4. Refugees and the post-apartheid paradox of rights; 5. The end of exceptionalism.
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