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In this fascinating and beautifully written ethnography on rural life in post-apartheid South Africa, Amber Reed compellingly reveals how the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy has failed the rural youth who now regard the Mandela miracle of 1994 as a betrayal and have developed a bizarre sense of nostalgia for life under apartheid. Nostalgia after Apartheid delivers a significant contribution to the anthropology of southern Africa and to the understanding of the social, cultural, and political meanings of the post-apartheid transition in South Africa. -Leslie J. Bank, co-editor of Migrant Labour After Apartheid Amber Reed's Nostalgia after Apartheid contributes to important deliberations about a longing for a past that was without doubt oppressive and discriminatory. Yet there is something about 'order' and 'tradition' that generates nostalgia, and Reed is able to convey this well through her ethnographic work. -Monique Marks, author of Transforming the Robocops

"“Amber Reed’s Nostalgia after Apartheid contributes to important deliberations about a longing for a past that was without doubt oppressive and discriminatory. Yet there is something about ‘order’ and ‘tradition’ that generates nostalgia, and Reed is able to convey this well through her ethnographic work.” —Monique Marks, author of Transforming the Robocops ""In this fascinating and beautifully written ethnography on rural life in post-apartheid South Africa, Amber Reed compellingly reveals how the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy has failed the rural youth who now regard the Mandela miracle of 1994 as a betrayal and have developed a bizarre sense of nostalgia for life under apartheid. Nostalgia after Apartheid delivers a significant contribution to the anthropology of southern Africa and to the understanding of the social, cultural, and political meanings of the post-apartheid transition in South Africa."" —Leslie J. Bank, co-editor of Migrant Labour After Apartheid ""In this well-researched monograph, Amber Reed assesses the effectiveness of both nongovernmental and state-sponsored curricular efforts to educate Black youth on the benefits of liberal democracy, gender equality, and human rights."" —Choice ""Amber Reed’s Nostalgia After Apartheid examines how the failings of democracy in South Africa are articulated through critiques of cultural liberalism and manifested in debates over culture and tradition. In this nuanced, rigorously researched ethnography, Reed develops a complex set of interlocking arguments that are focused on South Africa but relevant elsewhere."" —Anthropology and Education Quarterly"

Amber Reed's Nostalgia after Apartheid contributes to important deliberations about a longing for a past that was without doubt oppressive and discriminatory. Yet there is something about 'order' and 'tradition' that generates nostalgia, and Reed is able to convey this well through her ethnographic work. -Monique Marks, author of Transforming the Robocop In this fascinating and beautifully written ethnography on rural life in post-apartheid South Africa, Amber Reed compellingly reveals how the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy has failed the rural youth who now regard the Mandela miracle of 1994 as a betrayal and have developed a bizarre sense of nostalgia for life under apartheid. Nostalgia after Apartheid delivers a significant contribution to the anthropology of southern Africa and to the understanding of the social, cultural and political meanings of the post-apartheid transition in South Africa. -Leslie J. Bank, co-editor of Migrant Labour After Apartheid

In this fascinating and beautifully written ethnography on rural life in post-apartheid South Africa, Amber Reed compellingly reveals how the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy has failed the rural youth who now regard the Mandela miracle of 1994 as a betrayal and have developed a bizarre sense of nostalgia for life under apartheid. Nostalgia after Apartheid delivers a significant contribution to the anthropology of southern Africa and to the understanding of the social, cultural, and political meanings of the post-apartheid transition in South Africa. -Leslie J. Bank, co-editor of Migrant Labour After Apartheid Amber Reed's Nostalgia after Apartheid contributes to important deliberations about a longing for a past that was without doubt oppressive and discriminatory. Yet there is something about 'order' and 'tradition' that generates nostalgia, and Reed is able to convey this well through her ethnographic work. -Monique Marks, author of Transforming the Robocops

Amber Reed's Nostalgia after Apartheid contributes to important deliberations about a longing for a past that was without doubt oppressive and discriminatory. Yet there is something about 'order' and 'tradition' that generates nostalgia, and Reed is able to convey this well through her ethnographic work. -Monique Marks, author of Transforming the Robocop

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Amber R. Reed is assistant professor of international studies at Spelman College.

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