Description
Book SynopsisFocusing on the Eastern Cape province, Sean Redding investigates the rise of large-scale lethal fights among men, increasingly coercive abduction marriages, violent acts resulting from domestic troubles and witchcraft accusations within families and communities, and political violence against state policies and officials.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction: A History of Violence, a Question of Tradition
- 1 Neighbors and Rivals: Faction Fighting and Traditional Violence in the Rural Transkei
- 2 “The Girl Is Not Consulted”: Abduction Marriage and Gendered Traditions of Violence
- 3 Deaths in the Family: Supernatural Harms and Violent Remedies
- 4 Sons and “Hooligans,” “World-Destroyers” and Rebels: Traditional Violence Takes a
- Nationalist Turn
- Conclusion: Rural Violence Reconsidered
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
