Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village

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dc.contributor.advisorBoonzaaier, Emileen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSandell, Janet Maryen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-02T09:06:31Z
dc.date.available2016-11-02T09:06:31Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 177-190.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis ethnographic study of Nieu Bethesda, a village in the Eastern Cape district of South Africa, is the product of a total of five months of fieldwork. The research was conducted between 1993 and 1995, a period that spanned the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. The ethnography explores the effects of apartheid on life in Nieu Bethesda. It traces the dynamic interactions between social life and worldviews as these were manifested in the village. Geographically isolated, and to a large extent cut off from mainstream politics, the processes and effects of apartheid in this village have taken an idiosyncratic form. The research suggests that racial stratification has been remarkably resilient throughout the history of the village. Such stratification must be understood in terms of ideas shaped both during and before the apartheid era, rather than solely in terms of state action or the violence of apartheid. Ideologies of segregation have found their expression in paternalistic practices on the part of Whites, and the relations of dependence thus generated may account for the apparent lack .of overt opposition to apartheid. However, the thesis acknowledges the multiplicity of voices in the village, and negates the notion of a shared set of ideas and values sanctioned by the population of Nieu Bethesda. Subtle change has taken place in the 1990s, only some of which is attributable to the demise of apartheid. In addition, factors such as the provision of electricity and a dramatic increase in tourism have reduced the isolation of the village, and networks of mutual support link the people of Nieu Bethesda with other parts of South Africa. It is suggested that change in the foreseeable future is more likely to originate from the increased communication that such networks make possible, than from changes in legislation, or improvements in material conditions, resulting from development projects.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSandell, J. M. (1997). <i>Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22411en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSandell, Janet Mary. <i>"Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22411en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSandell, J. 1997. Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Sandell, Janet Mary AB - This ethnographic study of Nieu Bethesda, a village in the Eastern Cape district of South Africa, is the product of a total of five months of fieldwork. The research was conducted between 1993 and 1995, a period that spanned the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. The ethnography explores the effects of apartheid on life in Nieu Bethesda. It traces the dynamic interactions between social life and worldviews as these were manifested in the village. Geographically isolated, and to a large extent cut off from mainstream politics, the processes and effects of apartheid in this village have taken an idiosyncratic form. The research suggests that racial stratification has been remarkably resilient throughout the history of the village. Such stratification must be understood in terms of ideas shaped both during and before the apartheid era, rather than solely in terms of state action or the violence of apartheid. Ideologies of segregation have found their expression in paternalistic practices on the part of Whites, and the relations of dependence thus generated may account for the apparent lack .of overt opposition to apartheid. However, the thesis acknowledges the multiplicity of voices in the village, and negates the notion of a shared set of ideas and values sanctioned by the population of Nieu Bethesda. Subtle change has taken place in the 1990s, only some of which is attributable to the demise of apartheid. In addition, factors such as the provision of electricity and a dramatic increase in tourism have reduced the isolation of the village, and networks of mutual support link the people of Nieu Bethesda with other parts of South Africa. It is suggested that change in the foreseeable future is more likely to originate from the increased communication that such networks make possible, than from changes in legislation, or improvements in material conditions, resulting from development projects. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village TI - Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22411 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/22411
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSandell JM. Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22411en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEthnology - South Africa - Nieu Bethesdaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.titlePersistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid villageen_ZA
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