The Politics of Dwelling
Being White / Being South African
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3751293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominic Griffiths (0000-0002-6773-7184), Griffith (0000-0001-5168-9897), Griffiths Griffiths, Martin Prozesky (0000-0002-9747-037X), Prozesky, Prozesky Prozesky |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 22 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/aft.2010.56.4.22 |
| OpenAlex | W2112347305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper explores the incongruence between white South Africans’ pre- and post-apartheid experiences of home and identity, of which a wave of emigration is arguably a result. Among the commonest reasons given for emigrating are crime and affirmative action; however, this paper uncovers a deeper motivation for emigration using Charles Taylor’s concept of the social imaginary and Martin Heidegger’s concept of dwelling. The skewed social imaginary maintained by apartheid created an unrealistic sense of dwelling for most white South Africans. After 1994, the conditions supporting this imaginary disintegrated. Many white South Africans feel so strong a sense of unease they can no longer dwell in the country. Many try to escape through emigration, but carry unresolved questions of identity and belonging to their new “homes
Biology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Studies · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture
Post-Apartheid South African immigrants in Australia
Rape victims and victimisers in Herbstein's Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Change after 30 Years? Evaluation of the General Election in South Africa
Epistemological Allyship
Truth, Reconciliation, and “Double Settler Denial”
Voice/Body/Skin
Sweating Race
The whitest guy in the room’
Don’t Hate the British
Inside the cricket change room
There’s a drumbeat in Africa”
Oppositional positions
They’re coming
The maintenance of white privilege
Mixed Race Families in South Africa
The End of an Idyllic World
We are all children of God
The Afrikaners
Whiteness just isn't what it used to be
Native life in South Africa
Feminist Politics
Beyond Racism
Feminist Studies/Critical Studies
Long Walk to Freedom
New History of South Africa
Heart of Whiteness
To define the indefinable’
Poetry, language, thought
The continuing salience of race
White Tribe Dreaming
Racism's Last Word
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |