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Zulu Identities
Benedict Carton
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Description for Zulu Identities
Paperback. Examines the legacies of Shaka, the intrigues of Zulu royalty, gender and generational struggles, cultural and symbolic projections, and spirituality. This volume highlights the debates in South Africa over the manipulation of Zulu heritage, whether deployed for party political purposes or exploited to promote eco - and battlefield-tourism. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 169 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1394.
What does it mean to be Zulu today? Does being Zulu today differ from what it meant in the past? "Zulu Identities" wrestles with these and many other related questions to show how the characteristic traditions of a pre-industrial people have evolved into different cultural expressions of 'Zulu-ness' in modern South Africa. This authoritative and specially commissioned volume, which contains more collected expertise on the Zulus than is available from any other source, examines the legacies of Shaka, the intrigues of Zulu royalty, gender and generational struggles, cultural and symbolic projections, and spirituality. It highlights the debates in contemporary South ... Read more
What does it mean to be Zulu today? Does being Zulu today differ from what it meant in the past? "Zulu Identities" wrestles with these and many other related questions to show how the characteristic traditions of a pre-industrial people have evolved into different cultural expressions of 'Zulu-ness' in modern South Africa. This authoritative and specially commissioned volume, which contains more collected expertise on the Zulus than is available from any other source, examines the legacies of Shaka, the intrigues of Zulu royalty, gender and generational struggles, cultural and symbolic projections, and spirituality. It highlights the debates in contemporary South ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
670
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
670
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659525
SKU
V9781850659525
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About Benedict Carton
Benedict Carton is an Associate Professor of History at George Mason University, Virginia; John Laband is Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario; Jabulani Sithole is a Lecturer in Historical Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Reviews for Zulu Identities
'"What does it mean to be Zulu today? Is this different from what it has meant in the past?" To answer these questions the editors assembled a team of fifty scholars, based mainly in North America and South Africa, with a scattering from Britain, and gave them the task of showing how "the characteristic traditions of a pre-industrial people have ... Read more