The Scriptural Economy, the Forbes Figuration and the Racial Order

Everyday Life in South Africa 1850-1930

Bibliographic Data

ID2322653
AuthorsLiz Stanley (0000-0001-7831-3283, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume49
Issue5
Pages837-852
Publication date2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038515570146
PMID26456982
OpenAlexW2285379737
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited38

Social change and large-scale transformations are as important to everyday life sociology as to macro sociology approaches. South Africa has been a 'hotspot' of change with a number of such transitions occurring in a condensed time-period, in particular regarding 'race' matters. A large South African family collection, concerning the Forbes family, is used to explore how the processes of change regarding the racial order can be analysed within an everyday sociology framework, focusing on the period 1850 to 1930. A range of documents throwing light on 'the space of the day', 'the world and the word' and other aspects of everyday experience are discussed

Aesthetics · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Everyday life · Macro level · Order (exchange) · Period (music) · Race (biology) · Social change · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · South African History and Culture

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