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Starving on a full stomach, hunger and the triumph of cultural racism in modern South Africa, Diana Wylie

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Starving on a full stomach, hunger and the triumph of cultural racism in modern South Africa, Diana Wylie

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-298) and index

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non fiction

Main title

Starving on a full stomach

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electronic resource

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thesesbibliography

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Diana Wylie

Series statement

Reconsiderations in southern African history

Sub title

hunger and the triumph of cultural racism in modern South Africa

Table Of Contents

Cultural racism's fertile ground. European cultural pride: an evaluation -- Before the land was lost: African food culture in the nineteenth century. The benevolent father: an embattled rationale for white supremacy. The politics of famine: state paternalism in rural South Africa, 1910-1948 -- Scientific paternalism: hunger and the measurement of urban poverty, 1910-1948. People without science: a modern rationale for white supremacy. The threat of "race deterioration": nutritional research in industrial context -- Missionaries of science: the growth of the malnutrition syndrome, 1920-1960. The triumph of scientism and cultural essentialism. Denial and coercion: the state response to the malnutrition syndrome, 1940s to 1960s -- Epilogue: the heritage of disrespect

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