Satanism and Family Murder in Late Apartheid South Africa - Imagining the End of Whiteness

Informationen zum Autor Nicky Falkof was born and raised in the Johannesburg suburbs during the last years of apartheid. She holds an MA in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex and a PhD from the London Consortium. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Klappentext This book discusses two moral panics that appeared in the media in late apartheid South Africa: the Satanism scare and the so-called epidemic of white family murder. The analysis of these symptoms of social and political change reveals important truths about whiteness, gender, violence, history, nationalism and injustice in South Africa and beyond. Zusammenfassung This book discusses two moral panics that appeared in the media in late apartheid South Africa: the Satanism scare and the so-called epidemic of white family murder. The analysis of these symptoms of social and political change reveals important truths about whiteness! gender! violence! history! nationalism and injustice in South Africa and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Dark Tales, White Wolves PART I: SATANISM 1. Excavations 2. Anatomy Of A Moral Panic 3. History And Identity 4. Older Anxieties 5. Resistance And (Bio)Power PART II: FAMILY MURDER 6. A Death In The Family 7. The Afrikaans Family Romance 8. A ' 'Bloody Epidemic ' ' 9. The Righteous Path 10. The Whitest White Conclusion: The End Of Whiteness

List of contents

Introduction: Dark Tales, White Wolves
PART I: SATANISM
1. Excavations
2. Anatomy Of A Moral Panic
3. History And Identity
4. Older Anxieties
5. Resistance And (Bio)Power
PART II: FAMILY MURDER
6. A Death In The Family
7. The Afrikaans Family Romance
8. A ' 'Bloody Epidemic ' '
9. The Righteous Path
10. The Whitest White
Conclusion: The End Of Whiteness

Product details

• Authors: Nicky Falkof
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137503046
• ISBN: 978-1-137-50304-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Afrika, B, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Culture, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Equality, Africa, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social groups and identities, Social Structure, Crime and criminology, Human rights, civil rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Culture—Study and teaching, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, African Culture