Through an interdisciplinary body of work, and using a case-based study approach, media analyst Nicky Falkof investigates how risk, anxiety and moral panic show up in media portrayals in modern South Africa. Her main intervention in this approach is through ‘affect’: how do South Africans feel about living under conditions of extreme fear, which is related to gross inequality, and how does the media make us feel? Together, these essays about ‘white genocide’, ‘Satanist’ murders, township urban legends and suburban community groups present an always-partial and necessarily contingent picture of some of the ways in which cultures of fear structure life and meaning for various people in various communities.
They show how narratives of fear underpin everyday life, informing both self-making and meaning-making in contemporary South Africa.
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Through an interdisciplinary body of work, and using a case-based study approach, media analyst Nicky Falkof investigates how risk, anxiety and moral panic show up in media portrayals in modern South Africa. Her main intervention in this approach is through ‘affect’: how do South Africans feel about living under conditions of extreme fear, which is related to gross inequality, and how does the media make us feel? Together, these essays about ‘white genocide’, ‘Satanist’ murders, township urban legends and suburban community groups present an always-partial and necessarily contingent picture of some of the ways in which cultures of fear structure life and meaning for various people in various communities.
They show how narratives of fear underpin everyday life, informing both self-making and meaning-making in contemporary South Africa.
Imprint | Wits University Press |
Country of origin | South Africa |
Release date | May 2022 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 8 - 13 working days |
Authors | Nicky Falkof |
Dimensions | 216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 248 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-77614-788-5 |
Barcode | 9781776147885 |
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LSN | 1-77614-788-X |