Includes bibliographical references (213-223) and index.
Contents:
Part one: What is a farm and who is a farmer? The law of the land -- Whose deaths count? -- What is a farm attack? -- Who counts as a farmer and what counts as a farm? -- Part two: Farm killings and news reports. A century of news stories -- The lonely farmhouse -- Mr Drum and the prison farms -- Places of weeping -- Verkeerdevlei and the 'Hand of Apartheid' -- Part three: Race, politics and data. Dubul' ibhunu/Shoot the boer -- White genocide/Volksmoord -- Torture/Marteling -- Murder, robbery and firearms
Summary:
Making up less than half a percent of all homicides reported each year, farm killings dominate the national narrative on violence. At the heart of the conflict is a long history of violence on agricultural land, and deep-rooted fears and prejudices about race, belonging, and who gets to feel safe in South Africa. In this powerful new book, journalist and violence researcher Dr Nechama Brodie, author of Femicide in South Africa, challenges many of the myths used to narrate farm killings. -- Summary from book.
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