Cultures of Violence - Lynching and Racial Killing in South Africa and the American South

Informationen zum Autor Ivan Evans is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California San Diego Klappentext Deals with the inherent violence of "race relations" in 2 important countries that remain iconic expressions of white supremacy in the 20th century. Cultures of violence does not just reconstruct the era of violence. Instead it convincingly contrasts the "lynch culture" of the American South to the "bureaucratic culture of violence" in S. Africa. Zusammenfassung Deals with the inherent violence of “race relations” in 2 important countries that remain iconic expressions of white supremacy in the 20th century. Cultures of violence does not just reconstruct the era of violence. Instead it convincingly contrasts the “lynch culture” of the American South to the “bureaucratic culture of violence” in S. Africa. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. "Rape" and violence in the making of segregation 3. Racial violence and black labor in the South4. Racial violence and state intervention in the South African economy 5. Racial violence and religion in the New South6. "The weakness of some ...": Afrikaner civil religion and racial paternalism 7. The nightmare of multiple jurisdictions: states rights and lynching in the South 8. Racial violence and the legal system in South Africa 9. ConclusionIndex

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• Authors: Ivan Evans, Evans Ivan
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780719085574
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8557-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, Violence in society, African History, History of the Americas, Violence and abuse in society, Central Southern States, US South