Reading subjects: passbooks, literature and apartheid

Between 1916 and 1981, 17.25 million black South Africans were arrested for pass-law infringements. Though passbooks were pivotal texts in the lives of many South Africans, scholarship has focused mostly on their role in administering labour influxes. Thus the implications of having books facilitate...

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Published in:Social dynamics Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 117 - 133
Main Author: Saint, Lily
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 01.03.2012
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ISSN:0253-3952, 1940-7874
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