Isak A Niehaus
Biographic Data
| ID | 108953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isak A Niehaus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isak A |
| FAMILY NAME | Niehaus |
| SIGNATURE | NIEHAUS I A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Cutting and Connecting
Doing Politics in Bushbuckridge
In the South African national elections of 2004 the ruling ANC (African National Congress) increased its majority, particularly within the poorer, black, rural voting districts. Drawing on ethnographic research that I conducted in Impalahoek - a village in the Bushbuckridge municipality of the Limpopo Province - this paper investigates reasons for this pattern of voting. With reference to a survey of 87 households I show that unemployment, crime …
The ANC's Dilemma
Cet essai s'interroge sur la politique symbolique de trois chasses au sorcier dans un royaume du lowfeld sud-africain dans les annees 90. Pendant les dernieres annees de l'Apartheid, de jeunes gens, connus sous le nom de Camarades, assumaient l'avant-garde dans les luttes politiques. Ils s'etaient embarques dans des campagnes de chasse au sorcier pour eliminer le mal et ainsi obtenir une certaine legitimite en tant que mouvement politique. Depuis…
A witch has no horn
Disharmonious spouses and harmonious siblings
Ethnographic studies on Southern Africa have recorded intense levels of marital instability and domestic disorganisation. Yet little attention has been focused on new forms of households that have emerged in this context. With reference to case material on the town of Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa, this paper suggests that co-operative relations between siblings have become a central principle underlying household formation
Witch-hunting and political legitimacy
With reference to the history of the village of Green Valley in the South Africanbantustanof Lebowa over the past six decades, this article examines the complex relation-ship between witch-hunting and political action. I argue against common notions in anthropological literature that political actors engage in witch-hunting in an attempt to mystify exploitation or to intimidate opponents. Such notions overemphasise the instrumental dimensions of …
Relocation into Phuthaditjhaba and Tseki
Domestic dynamics and wage labour
Witch-hunting and political legitimacy
With reference to the history of the village of Green Valley in the South Africanbantustanof Lebowa over the past six decades, this article examines the complex relation-ship between witch-hunting and political action. I argue against common notions in anthropological literature that political actors engage in witch-hunting in an attempt to mystify exploitation or to intimidate opponents. Such notions overemphasise the instrumental dimensions of …
Disharmonious spouses and harmonious siblings
Ethnographic studies on Southern Africa have recorded intense levels of marital instability and domestic disorganisation. Yet little attention has been focused on new forms of households that have emerged in this context. With reference to case material on the town of Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa, this paper suggests that co-operative relations between siblings have become a central principle underlying household formation
Doing Politics in Bushbuckridge
In the South African national elections of 2004 the ruling ANC (African National Congress) increased its majority, particularly within the poorer, black, rural voting districts. Drawing on ethnographic research that I conducted in Impalahoek - a village in the Bushbuckridge municipality of the Limpopo Province - this paper investigates reasons for this pattern of voting. With reference to a survey of 87 households I show that unemployment, crime …
The ANC's Dilemma
Cet essai s'interroge sur la politique symbolique de trois chasses au sorcier dans un royaume du lowfeld sud-africain dans les annees 90. Pendant les dernieres annees de l'Apartheid, de jeunes gens, connus sous le nom de Camarades, assumaient l'avant-garde dans les luttes politiques. Ils s'etaient embarques dans des campagnes de chasse au sorcier pour eliminer le mal et ainsi obtenir une certaine legitimite en tant que mouvement politique. Depuis…
Relocation into Phuthaditjhaba and Tseki
Domestic dynamics and wage labour
A witch has no horn
Domestic dynamics and wage labour
Relocation into Phuthaditjhaba and Tseki
Witch-hunting and political legitimacy
With reference to the history of the village of Green Valley in the South Africanbantustanof Lebowa over the past six decades, this article examines the complex relation-ship between witch-hunting and political action. I argue against common notions in anthropological literature that political actors engage in witch-hunting in an attempt to mystify exploitation or to intimidate opponents. Such notions overemphasise the instrumental dimensions of …
Disharmonious spouses and harmonious siblings
Ethnographic studies on Southern Africa have recorded intense levels of marital instability and domestic disorganisation. Yet little attention has been focused on new forms of households that have emerged in this context. With reference to case material on the town of Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa, this paper suggests that co-operative relations between siblings have become a central principle underlying household formation
A witch has no horn
The ANC's Dilemma
Cet essai s'interroge sur la politique symbolique de trois chasses au sorcier dans un royaume du lowfeld sud-africain dans les annees 90. Pendant les dernieres annees de l'Apartheid, de jeunes gens, connus sous le nom de Camarades, assumaient l'avant-garde dans les luttes politiques. Ils s'etaient embarques dans des campagnes de chasse au sorcier pour eliminer le mal et ainsi obtenir une certaine legitimite en tant que mouvement politique. Depuis…
Doing Politics in Bushbuckridge
In the South African national elections of 2004 the ruling ANC (African National Congress) increased its majority, particularly within the poorer, black, rural voting districts. Drawing on ethnographic research that I conducted in Impalahoek - a village in the Bushbuckridge municipality of the Limpopo Province - this paper investigates reasons for this pattern of voting. With reference to a survey of 87 households I show that unemployment, crime …
Cutting and Connecting
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)