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Politics and discourse in South Africa
Mandela speaks to the nation: The use of metalingual mitigation markers to unify the audience
Black-boxing and the politics of parliamentary oversight in South Africa
To be or not to be ‘African’: Discursive race politics in a South African online forum
De- and recontextualising xenophobia: discursive representations of non-nationals in the tabloid Daily Sun during attacks on immigrants in April -May 2008
“Xenophobia is an African sickness; a greater African disease”: Contesting dominant migrant discourse through opposing metaphors
From sexual deviants to politically emancipated queers: Changing representations of gay and lesbian identities in South Africa
‘Mother of the nation’: Representations of womanhood in the South African media
Trade unions in South Africa and the discourse of the neoliberal state
Emzabalazweni: Singing the language of struggle, past and present
Contributors
Index
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