Exorcising the Demons Within : Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa.

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.

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