The Weathered Corrugations of His Face: A Performative Reflection on Nelson Mandela, Self, and the Call for Racial (Un)Becoming

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA, this self-exploratory narrative study utilizes a Butlerian performative theoretical framework to both uncover discursively regulated social practices as generative of raced identity ensconced in belonging, and the un...

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Published in:	Forum, qualitative social research Vol. 16; no. 2
Main Author:	Badenhorst, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin Freie Universität Berlin 2015 FQS
Subjects:	Accountability Apartheid becoming Belonging Black people Blacks Celebrations Death Rituals Ethics Ethnic Identity Europe exploratory narrative face Historical analysis Identity Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Nelson (1918-2013) Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Narratives Nelson Mandela Peace Performativity Popular Culture Practice Rasse Society South Africa Subjectivity Transracial whiteness Whites
ISSN:	1438-5627, 1438-5627
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