Scott Burnett is assistant professor in communications in the department of applied IT at the University of Gothenburg.

White Belongings is a timely, insightful, and sometimes enraging discussion of the enduring power of white supremacy in South Africa. Burnett analyzes the pervasive discourses that associate South African whiteness with naturalness and ownership of land, space, and property. Accessibly written and vigorously researched, White Belongings is a valuable addition to the growing literature on whiteness in the global south.

• Introduction: Rhodes’s SoulChapter 1: Deconstructing Post-Apartheid DiscourseChapter 2: Stewards of the LandChapter 3: Protecting ‘Soul Country’Chapter 4: ‘Strangers in Their Own Country’Chapter 5: ‘When You Return the Land’Conclusion: The Future of White Belongings

Scott Burnett is assistant professor in communications in the department of applied IT at the University of Gothenburg.

White Belongings is a timely, insightful, and sometimes enraging discussion of the enduring power of white supremacy in South Africa. Burnett analyzes the pervasive discourses that associate South African whiteness with naturalness and ownership of land, space, and property. Accessibly written and vigorously researched, White Belongings is a valuable addition to the growing literature on whiteness in the global south.

• Introduction: Rhodes’s SoulChapter 1: Deconstructing Post-Apartheid DiscourseChapter 2: Stewards of the LandChapter 3: Protecting ‘Soul Country’Chapter 4: ‘Strangers in Their Own Country’Chapter 5: ‘When You Return the Land’Conclusion: The Future of White Belongings

Scott Burnett is assistant professor in communications in the department of applied IT at the University of Gothenburg.

White Belongings is a timely, insightful, and sometimes enraging discussion of the enduring power of white supremacy in South Africa. Burnett analyzes the pervasive discourses that associate South African whiteness with naturalness and ownership of land, space, and property. Accessibly written and vigorously researched, White Belongings is a valuable addition to the growing literature on whiteness in the global south.

• Introduction: Rhodes’s SoulChapter 1: Deconstructing Post-Apartheid DiscourseChapter 2: Stewards of the LandChapter 3: Protecting ‘Soul Country’Chapter 4: ‘Strangers in Their Own Country’Chapter 5: ‘When You Return the Land’Conclusion: The Future of White Belongings