Landau , Loren. <br/><br/>
Exorcising the Demons Within :  Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (290 pages) 
<br/><br/>Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introducing the demons -- 2 Media memory: A critical reconstruction of the May 2008 violence -- 3 People, space and politics: An Exploration of factors explaining the 2008 anti-foreigner violence In South Africa -- 4 Disorder in a changing society: Authority and the micro-politics of violence -- 5 Xenophobia's local genesis: Historical constructions of insiders and the politics of exclusion in Alexandra Township -- 6 Citizenship, xenophobic violence and the law's dark side -- 7 Taking out the trash? A 'garbage can' model of immigration policing -- 8 Making the law -- breaking the law -- taking the law into our own hands: Sovereignty and territorial control in three South African settlements -- 9 From defending migrant rights to new political subjectivities: Gauteng migrants' organisations after May 2008 -- 10 Postscript: Positive values and the politics of outsiderness -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781868147106 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Xenophobia -- South Africa -- History -- 21st century.<br/>Immigrants -- Violence against -- South Africa.<br/>Violence -- South Africa -- History -- 21st century.<br/>South Africa -- Race relations -- 21st century.<br/>South Africa -- History -- 1994-.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV8825.2 -- .E96 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.62086910968