Worrier State. Risk, Anxiety and Moral Panic in South Africa, Paperback

This book investigates how different cultures of fear manifest in South African social and mainstream media, arguing that fear and other emotions are a critical lens for understanding contemporary life. It discusses the myth of 'white genocide'; so-called 'Satanist' murders; township urban legends; and white suburban anxieties. -- .

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Author(s): Nicky Falkof
• Number of pages: 248
• Collection: Governing Intimacies in the Global South
• Publication date: 2023
• Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 18
• Cover type: Paperback / softback