Oral History, Community, and Displacement: Imagining Memories in Post-Apartheid South Africa

by Sean Field

Book Overview

This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering. The impact of displacement is not simply the product of a racist and ethnocentric vision, but also the myriad of experiences of place, people,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230108903
• ISBN13: 9780230108905
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"