'Begging to Be Black': Liminality and critique in post-apartheid south africa

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 285-305

  Motha, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antjie Krog; critique; liminality; Mogobe Ramose; post Apartheid; postcolonial; sovereignty; ubuntu

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651112417     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276410383720     Document Type: Article

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