‘Mary and Annie resist’
Gender and resistance in South Africa 1900s–1950s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18992874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kalpana Hiralal (0000-0002-1733-4643, University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-138 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asian Diaspora (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-8184 • E-ISSN: 1943-8192 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19438192.2018.1460917 |
| OpenAlex | W2800163607 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper maps women’s political resistance in South Africa during the first half of the twentieth century. Its primary focus is on African and Indian women and how their differing social and economic realities shaped their political consciousness and shaped their activism against the colonial apartheid state. African women, both urban and rural, were confined to the reserves and subjected to pass laws. Indian women who arrived as indentured and free immigrants were exposed to labour tax and immigration controls. Whilst African and Indian women formed part of the oppressed majority, their resistance up until the 1950s was largely organised along racial lines. This paper highlights the complexity of gendered resistance and the dynamics of Indo-African race relations in South Africa’s road to democracy, via archival sources and oral histories
Colonialism · Democracy · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Law · South African History and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |