Satanism and Family Murder in Late Apartheid South Africa
Imagining the End of Whiteness
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Social Policy, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Nicky Falkof | ISBN: | 9781137503053 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | July 4, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nicky Falkof |
| ISBN: | 9781137503053 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | July 4, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
