Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa, 1990-94 Contributor(s): Dlamini, S. Nombuso (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802039111 ISBN-13: 9780802039118 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2005 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.620 |
LCCN: 2005415829 |
Series: Anthropological Horizons |
Physical Information: 260 pages |
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Publisher Description: Documenting youth participation in the South African anti-apartheid struggle, Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa examines identity construction and negotiation in the region of KwaZulu/Natal. Based on extensive interviews, Sibusisiwe Nombuso Dlamini presents life stories of survival and identity negotiation in a region and at a time where to be youthful and politically active was to be associated with membership in Nelson Mandela's African National Congress - a potentially dangerous association. Zulus are far from being an homogenous group. Dlamini examines the dynamics both of group identification - that of being a young Zulu - and of the differences, both class and regional. Further, she looks at the discourses of participation in the liberation struggle, and how these discourses intersect with KwaZulu/Natal identity and party politics. Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa shows how the youth identify variously as fans of jazz or hip-hop who espouse a none-racial national character, as athletes who feel a strong connection to traditional Zulu patriarchy, or in many other social and political subcultures. This is a rich and unprecedented youth-centred ethnography that paints a unique picture of the lives of South African youth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dlamini, S. Nombuso: - Sibusisiwe Nombuso Dlamini is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor. |