Exile Identity, Agency and Belonging in South Africa: The Masupatsela Generation
Zosa de Sas Kropiwnicki
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book examines the experiences of 49 second-generation exiles from South Africa. Using generation as an analytical concept, it investigates the relational, temporal and embodied nature of their childhoods in terms of kinship relations, life cycle, cohort development and memory-making. It reveals how child agents exploited the liminal nature of exile to negotiate their sense of identity, home and belonging, while also struggling over their position and power in formal Politics and informal politics of the everyday. It also reflects upon their political consciousness, identity and sense of civic duty on return to post-apartheid South Africa, and how ... Read more
This book examines the experiences of 49 second-generation exiles from South Africa. Using generation as an analytical concept, it investigates the relational, temporal and embodied nature of their childhoods in terms of kinship relations, life cycle, cohort development and memory-making. It reveals how child agents exploited the liminal nature of exile to negotiate their sense of identity, home and belonging, while also struggling over their position and power in formal Politics and informal politics of the everyday. It also reflects upon their political consciousness, identity and sense of civic duty on return to post-apartheid South Africa, and how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies on Children and Development
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319532752
SKU
V9783319532752
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About Zosa de Sas Kropiwnicki
Zosa De Sas Kropiwnicki is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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