Negotiating the Nation
Ethnicity, Nationalism and Nation-Building in Independent Namibia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5778599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leif John Fosse (0000-0001-9363-929X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 427-450 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1354-5078.1997.00427.x |
| OpenAlex | W2081515280 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 18 |
Employing recent anthropological perspectives on ethnicity and nationalism which have not yet been applied to any extent in research on cultural differentiation in Namibia, the article investigates problems and challenges in the process of nation-building in the recently independent state. Ethnicity and nationalism are here seen as socially constructed and ideologically practised phenomena, and the relationship between these ideologies is studied as one of ideological conflict. More particularly, the article investigates the formation, relevance and uses of ethnic identities; the relationship between ethnicity, class and the politics of ethnic nationalism; as well as some techniques, rhetorics and symbols employed in the social construction of nationalism in Namibia. In conclusion, the article argues the importance of making the nation-building project relevant to people not only through the creation of ever more effective and inclusive national symbols, but also through real economic and political reforms
Ethnic group · Ethnic nationalism · Ideology · Nationalism · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law
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Challenging the Status Quo
Patterns and lived realities
Nation‐builders at work
Indigenous Identities and Military Frontiers
Normalizing necessity? Support networks and racial inequality in Namibia
Reconfiguring white ethnic power in colonial Africa
Rehoboth Baster, Namibian or Namibian Baster? An analysis of national discourses in Rehoboth, Namibia
Dimensions of sociolinguistic distinction in postcolonial ethnic diversity
African cuisines
From 'One Namibia, one Nation' towards 'Unity in Diversity'? Shifting representations of culture and nationhood in Namibian Independence Day celebrations, 1990-2010
African National Anthems
Post-Apartheid 'Tribalism'? Land, Ethnicity and Discourses on San Subversion in West Caprivi, Namibia1
The three worlds
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Ethnography and the Historical Imagination
Nations and Nationalism
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Namibian reconstruction and national reconciliation
Achieving nationhood through language
Namibia and southern Africa
The voice of prophecy and other essays
Politieke verandering (ontwikkeling?) in Caprivi
Liberation without democracy? the Swapo crisis of 1976
Ethnicity versus Nationalism
The Ritual Process
The Cultural Contexts of Ethnic Differences
On Key Symbols1
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2022 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |