Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorSichone, Owenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVestergaard, Madsen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-20T03:55:30Z
dc.date.available2014-11-20T03:55:30Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe apartheid regime monopolised Afrikanerdom and institutionalised a specific Christian-nationalist Afrikaner identity. In post-apartheid South Africa this identity is no longer sanctioned by the state, and central elements of the identity have become illegitimate - most importantly the racial aspect. It is now up to the individual Afrikaner to negotiate this new space of identifications opened up by the end of apartheid order. Through different kinds of post-structuralist theory this thesis investigates some of the ways in which white Afrikaans-speakers position themselves in this new context. For some the new South Africa means exciting new possibilities but others experience it as a loss of freedom. The analysis pivots around the separatist 'volkstaat town' of Orania, where we find some of the central problems facing Afrikaners in general in terms of identity formation. It is argued that although Orania is radical in its claims, it is nonetheless one of the actors in the discursive battles of redefining Afrikaner identity. However, in the context of radical change and indecision, it is but one among many other attempts of redefining Afrikanerdom, many competing voices are heard and boundaries of identity are constantly contested and redrawn.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVestergaard, M. (2000). <i>Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9736en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVestergaard, Mads. <i>"Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9736en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVestergaard, M. 2000. Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Vestergaard, Mads AB - The apartheid regime monopolised Afrikanerdom and institutionalised a specific Christian-nationalist Afrikaner identity. In post-apartheid South Africa this identity is no longer sanctioned by the state, and central elements of the identity have become illegitimate - most importantly the racial aspect. It is now up to the individual Afrikaner to negotiate this new space of identifications opened up by the end of apartheid order. Through different kinds of post-structuralist theory this thesis investigates some of the ways in which white Afrikaans-speakers position themselves in this new context. For some the new South Africa means exciting new possibilities but others experience it as a loss of freedom. The analysis pivots around the separatist 'volkstaat town' of Orania, where we find some of the central problems facing Afrikaners in general in terms of identity formation. It is argued that although Orania is radical in its claims, it is nonetheless one of the actors in the discursive battles of redefining Afrikaner identity. However, in the context of radical change and indecision, it is but one among many other attempts of redefining Afrikanerdom, many competing voices are heard and boundaries of identity are constantly contested and redrawn. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa TI - Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9736 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9736
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVestergaard M. Afrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9736en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.titleAfrikanerdoom? : negotiating Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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