Land of Contrasts' or 'Home we have always known

The SAR∓H and the Imaginary Geography of White South African Nationhood, 1910-1930

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4604477
AutoresJeremy Foster (Cornell University, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume29
Fascículo3
Páginas657-680
Data de publicação2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0305707032000094965
OpenAlexW2804222403
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

Railways played a crucial role in building the modern South African nation during the early decades of the Twentieth Century. After 1910, the SAR&H became not only the white state's primary means of building the economic independence of the newly-formed Union, but also its sole agency for promoting tourism, settlement and investment. The many thousands of images of the South African landscape it commissioned and distributed at home and abroad in various formats and contexts were a key to this promotion. The synergistic relationship that developed between this photographic array and the transformation of the lived space by the SAR&H's lines and services helped construct an imaginary geography of emergent nationhood. This paper explores how this joint social spatialisation by travel and landscape representation underscored the discourse of a modern, non-partisan white national identity during these politically-formative years

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