Malevolent Traditions
Hostel Violence and the Procreational Geography of Apartheid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glen S Elder, Glen Elder (University of Vermont, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 921-935 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0305707032000135897 |
| OpenAlex | W2035338680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
The extant literature about migrant worker hostel violence in South Africa in the early 1990s is critiqued in this article from a gendered perspective. Based on that critique, a feminist geographical framework is developed to examine hostel violence during South Africa's transition. By locating hostels and their residents within this geographical framework, referred to as the procreational geography of apartheid, it is argued that hostel violence evinces male hostel-dwellers' resistance to a perceived erosion of heteropatriarchal family power structures inside hostels and in far-flung rural homes. From this perspective, the post-1994-election hostels' internal political geographies are shown to reinscribe many of the heteropatriarchal claims to power negotiated under the conditions of apartheid
Extant taxon · Geography · Human geography · Political geography · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |