Out of Place: : An Autoethnography of Postcolonial Citizenship.

Out of Place offers an in-depth exploration of Nuraan Davids' experience as a Muslim 'coloured' woman, traversing a post-apartheid space. It centres on and explores a number of themes, which include her challenges not only as a South African citizen, and within her faith community, bu...

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : African Minds,, 2022.
©2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (174 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Frequently used abbreviations and acronyms
  • Dedication
  • 1. And so, I choose to (re)write
  • A postcolonial autoethnography
  • 2. Autoethnography: A counter-narrative of experiences
  • Experiences as lived
  • Autoethnography as a counter-narrative
  • Postcolonial experiences 'from below'
  • 3. Race as disqualifying disfigurement
  • She thought I was at the wrong school
  • Off to another wrong school
  • Desegregation is still about race
  • Postcolonialism as a product of human experience
  • 4. Parents (not) for Change
  • Who chooses?
  • The tide turns…
  • 'Parents for Change'
  • Anele
  • Thank God for 'outrage manufacturers'
  • 5. Lost in diversity
  • Trapped in the shadows
  • Inside and out
  • Diverse but not equal
  • 6. (Dis)embodied intersectionality
  • 'Othered' into humiliation
  • Muslim women as paradox
  • Confronting the intolerance of liberal democracies
  • 7. Patriarchy as religion
  • 'Too big for her boots'
  • Belonging as exclusion
  • Un-living patriarchy
  • 8. Postscript: Through the doorway
  • References
  • Index
  • About the author
  • Back cover.