(Dis)-empowered whiteness: an ethnography of the King Edward Park

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Johannesburg, March 2017 === This thesis focuses on group of poorer white South Africans who have settled, informally and il...

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Main Author: Kruger, Christi Louise
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2018
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Online Access:Kruger, Christi Louise (2017) (Dis)-empowered whiteness: an ethnography of the king Edward Park, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24136>
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Summary:A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Johannesburg, March 2017 === This thesis focuses on group of poorer white South Africans who have settled, informally and illegally, in a former caravan park on the West Rand of Johannesburg, The King Edward Park. It is enthographic study that explores the socio-economic genealogies of the poorer white residents of the park, the everyday practices of making livelihoods, and attempt to produce ideologies of South African blackness. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version] === MT 2018