Starving on a Full Stomach Starving on a Full Stomach: Hunger and the Triumph of Cultural Racism in Modern South Afhunger and the Triumph of Cultural

by Diana Wylie

Book Overview

An ideology of African ignorance that justified white supremacy grew up in South Africa during the first half of the twentieth century: if Africans were hungry, it was because they didn't know how to feed themselves properly; they were ignorant of "how to live." As a result, growing scientistic impatience with African culture reconciled many white South Africans to the harsh policies of apartheid.

In Starving on a Full Stomach: Hunger and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081392068X
• ISBN13: 9780813920689
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher