Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStites, Elizabeth Howlanden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-11T20:55:20Z
dc.date.available2014-12-11T20:55:20Z
dc.date.issued1999en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 224-242.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the role of sacred space in people's attachment to land, analysing the ways in which people create sacred space through labour, ritual, myth, and memory. Three case studies explore the human interpretation of the sacred through the history and politics of land acquisition and dispossession. While providing historical background and legal analysis of forced removals, evictions, and relocations, the thesis calls attention to the role of religion in South African land claims. Although the people in these case studies believe that returning to their original land will materially improve their lives, their main concern is to reconnect with their alienated sacred space. This study explores the changing nature of the sacred and its formulative role in shaping and informing peopIe's identities and memories.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationStites, E. H. (1999). <i>Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9968en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationStites, Elizabeth Howland. <i>"Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9968en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStites, E. 1999. Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Stites, Elizabeth Howland AB - This thesis examines the role of sacred space in people's attachment to land, analysing the ways in which people create sacred space through labour, ritual, myth, and memory. Three case studies explore the human interpretation of the sacred through the history and politics of land acquisition and dispossession. While providing historical background and legal analysis of forced removals, evictions, and relocations, the thesis calls attention to the role of religion in South African land claims. Although the people in these case studies believe that returning to their original land will materially improve their lives, their main concern is to reconnect with their alienated sacred space. This study explores the changing nature of the sacred and its formulative role in shaping and informing peopIe's identities and memories. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims TI - Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9968 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9968
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationStites EH. Spirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claims. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9968en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleSpirit of the land : politics, memory, and the sacred in South African land claimsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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