Synopses & Reviews
In a bold work that cuts across racial, ethnic, cultural, and national boundaries, Sheila Smith McKoy reveals how race colors the idea of violence in the United States and in South Africa—two countries inevitably and inextricably linked by the central role of skin color in personal and national identity.
Although race riots are usually seen as black events in both the United States and South Africa, they have played a significant role in shaping the concept of whiteness and white power in both nations. This emerges clearly from Smith McKoy's examination of four riots that demonstrate the relationship between the two nations and the apartheid practices that have historically defined them: North Carolina's Wilmington Race Riot of 1898; the Soweto Uprising of 1976; the Los Angeles Rebellion in 1992; and the pre-election riot in Mmabatho, Bhoputhatswana in 1994. Pursuing these events through narratives, media reports, and film, Smith McKoy shows how white racial violence has been disguised by race riots in the political and power structures of both the United States and South Africa.
The first transnational study to probe the abiding inclination to "blacken" riots, When Whites Riot unravels the connection between racial violence—both the white and the "raced"—in the United States and South Africa, as well as the social dynamics that this connection sustains.
Review
"A brilliant, daring, and original work . . . forcing us to see the previously unseeable white racial violence that set the terms for black response. . . . When Whites Riot will make a singular contribution to the bitter debate about race in America and South Africa."—Michael Eric Dyson, author of I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
Synopsis
This intermediate workbook, like the other materials in the Norsk, nordmenn og Norge series, regards communication as the primary goal of language learning. Experience has shown that students need to pass through a period of meaningful structural practice as they develop their communication skills. The workbook aims to provide that practice in psychologically realistic and useful ways, combining entertaining activities with more traditional exercises.
Toward these ends, the workbook features:
an extensive overview of the basics of Norwegian grammar, providing a ready reference throughout the course
a thorough review of elementary Norwegian vocabulary and grammar, allowingstudents whose preparation in the language differs to share a common knowledge base
Hvem er du? sections that encourage the learner to personalize the material
Litt av hvert sections that provide short summaries of the anthology s reading passages (lesestykker) while reviewing common problems with vocabulary and grammar
crossword puzzles and cartoons.
Norsk, nordmenn og Norge: Arbeidsbok (Workbook) is a companion to the Norsk, nordmenn og Norge: Antologi (Anthology) and Laererveiledning (Teacher s Manual)."
About the Author
Sheila Smith McKoy is associate professor of English and director of the Africana Studies Program at North Carolina State University. She is editor of Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora.