Evidence for an ethnic identity in the life histories of Zulu-speaking Durban township residents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4604424 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Campbell (0009-0008-4644-7728, London School of Economics and Political Science), Gerhard Mare (0000-0003-0937-1871, University of KwaZulu-Natal), C Walker (0000-0003-2523-6653, University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-301 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057079508708447 |
| OpenAlex | W2148339548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper addresses the nature of ethnic consciousness among Zulu‐speaking workers in Natal through an analysis of 24 open‐ended life history interviews with residents in Umlazi township in Durban. The authors are concerned with four main issues: the evidence for Zulu ethnic consciousness in the life stories collected, the situations in which Zulu identity becomes salient, the ways in which ethnic identities are being refashioned under the impact of township life in the 1990s, and the relationship between the ‘everyday’ and the political aspects of ethnic identity. The authors do not find evidence for a strong ethnic consciousness apart from informants’ commitment to the Zulu language. Those fragments of ethnic consciousness that were evident in the life histories were connected to informants’ personal, family and domestic lives rather than to the far more politicised version of ‘Zuluness’ promoted by Buthelezi. The authors conclude that a gap exists between the political mobilisation of ethnicity and the use of ethnicity as a resource by people in accounting for their everyday lives, and that more research remains to be done on the latter dimension in particular
Aesthetics · Consciousness · Ethnic group · Everyday life · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Zulu · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |