The horror of the mob: The violence of imagination in South Africa

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-46

  Buur, Lars ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Authority; Mobs; Politics; South Africa; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849100862     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X08101025     Document Type: Article

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