Not white enough, not black enough : racial identity in the South African coloured community /

Adhikari, Mohamed.

Not white enough, not black enough : racial identity in the South African coloured community / Mohamed Adhikari. - Cape Town, South Africa : Double Storey Books, 2006. - xvii, 252 pages ; 22 cm. - Ohio University Research in International Studies. Africa series ; no. 83. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Racial Identity in the South African Coloured Community is the first systematic study of Coloured identity, its history, and its relevance to South African national life. A combination of wide-ranging thematic analyses and detailed case studies illustrates how Colouredness has functioned as a social identity from the time of its emergence through its adaptation to the postapartheid environment."

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Colored people (South Africa)--Race identity.


South Africa--Race relations.

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