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A Fanonian perspective on the May 2008 xenophobic violence in South Africa : a case study of the Tshwane Municipality

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dc.contributor.advisor Landau, Loren
dc.contributor.author Moagi, Anna Lefatshe
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-01T08:06:20Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-01T08:06:20Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06
dc.identifier.citation Moagi, Anna Lefatshe (2014) A Fanonian perspective on the May 2008 xenophobic violence in South Africa : a case study of the Tshwane Municipality, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14151> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14151
dc.description.abstract The research on xenophobia in South Africa is underpinned by the relationship described by Frantz Fanon between violence and oppression present within the structures of domination. This research addresses the colonial structures that manifested themselves within the oppressive modes in societies. It employs a Fanon analysis of the xenophobic violence of May 2008 and serves to provide an understanding of the experiences of a particular condition and of how a broader invisible context plays an important role in what society sees and assimilates. The question can be asked: Is it safe to say that the xenophobic attacks were racist, or was it mere bigotry? An analysis based on the writings of Franz Fanon coupled with a psychological account of the participants, affirms that the xenophobic attacks revealed that the previously colonised or oppressed black people in South Africa reacted with regard to the assimilation of the master and its slave narrative and dialect. Theories of oppression and slavery posit that patterns of colonialism reoccur and manifest themselves both internally and externally within society. A serious debate is necessary to question whether the incidents came at a time that South Africa should have reflected on society’s interaction with foreign immigrants. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xi, 151 leaves) : illustrations, maps
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Franz Fanon en
dc.subject Xenophobia en
dc.subject Migration en
dc.subject Foreign immigrants en
dc.subject Violence en
dc.subject Humanism en
dc.subject Politics of exclusion en
dc.subject Structural violence en
dc.subject Force en
dc.subject Rehabilitation en
dc.subject.ddc 305.9069140968227
dc.subject.lcsh Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961 -- Political and social views
dc.subject.lcsh Xenophobia -- South Africa -- Tshwane -- 21st century
dc.subject.lcsh Immigrants -- Violence against -- South Africa -- Tshwane -- 21st century
dc.subject.lcsh Violence -- South Africa -- Tshwane -- 21st century
dc.subject.lcsh South Africa -- Race relations -- 21st century
dc.title A Fanonian perspective on the May 2008 xenophobic violence in South Africa : a case study of the Tshwane Municipality en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Political Sciences en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Politics)


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