The end of whiteness
Satanism and family murder in South Africa
Published on 16. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4314-2327-9 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of the book is to reveal the pathological, paranoid and bizarre consequences that the looming end of apartheid had on white culture in South Africa, and overall to show that whiteness (in SA and in general) is a deeply problematic category that needs to be deconstructed and thoughtfully considered. It discusses two symptoms of this late apartheid cultural hysteria that appeared throughout the contemporary media and in popular literature during the 1980s and 1990s. Structurally, it is divided into two parts, one on each scare. Each is comprised of five chapters: four of context, discussion and analysis and one long chapter that traces the process of the scare in the media.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is haunted by a double ghost: First the ghoulish Satanist, black-clad, draped in knives and symbols, pockets dripping foreign pornography and drugs; and second, the white Afrikaans family murderer, his hollow eyes tracking the movements of his children across the kitchen and plotting ways to save them from the corruption of the modern world. These were figures that stalked my adolescence. They are harder to find these days, but their traces remain: In the pages of books, newspapers, pamphlets and magazines, and slumbering in the backs of libraries'. - Nicky Falkof.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4314-2327-9 (9781431423279)
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Person
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.