“Volcano needing constant watching”
South African white labour and socialist culture 1900–1924
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johan van Wyk (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 116-135 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564719808530192 |
| OpenAlex | W2042108656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper explores the forgotten legacy of white labour and socialist culture from the first two decades of the twentieth century in South Africa. It investigates the strikes, marches and processions in terms of carnival and an oral and public culture in which the trade union leader or party leader as orator, on the one hand, and the The Red Flag as song and banner, on the other, played an important role. The focus then shifts to the newspapers and the doggerel which appeared in the newspapers with special emphasis on the themes of empire, civilisation and reason. The paper concludes that much of the spontaneity which marked this popular movement, was destroyed because of the increasing centralised control by the Comintern and directives from Moscow
Banner · Civilization · Economic history · Economics · Empire · International trade · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Trade union · African history and culture studies · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |