Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994

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dc.contributor.advisorMendelsohn, Richarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAdhikari, Mohameden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-30T13:40:03Z
dc.date.available2014-09-30T13:40:03Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 329-352.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the ways in which Coloured identity manifested itself in South African society from the time the South African state was formed in 1910 till the institution of democratic rule in 1994. The central argument of the dissertation is that Coloured identity is better understood, not as having evolved through a series of transformations during this period, as conventional historical thinking would have it, but to have remained remarkably stable throughout the era of white rule. This is not to contend that Coloured identity was static or that it lacked fluidity but that the continuities during this period were more fundamental to the way in which it operated as a social identity than the changes it experienced. It is argued that this stability was derived from a central core of enduring characteristics that regulated the way in which Colouredness functioned as an identity during this period. Each of the four emotions in the title of the thesis corresponds to a key characteristic at the heart of the identity. The principal constituents of this stable core are the assimilationism of the Coloured people (hope), their intermediate status in the racial hierarchy (fear), the negative connotations, especially that of racial hybridity, with which it was imbued (shame), and finally, the marginality of the Coloured community (frustration).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAdhikari, M. (2002). <i>Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7788en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAdhikari, Mohamed. <i>"Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7788en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAdhikari, M. 2002. Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Adhikari, Mohamed AB - This thesis examines the ways in which Coloured identity manifested itself in South African society from the time the South African state was formed in 1910 till the institution of democratic rule in 1994. The central argument of the dissertation is that Coloured identity is better understood, not as having evolved through a series of transformations during this period, as conventional historical thinking would have it, but to have remained remarkably stable throughout the era of white rule. This is not to contend that Coloured identity was static or that it lacked fluidity but that the continuities during this period were more fundamental to the way in which it operated as a social identity than the changes it experienced. It is argued that this stability was derived from a central core of enduring characteristics that regulated the way in which Colouredness functioned as an identity during this period. Each of the four emotions in the title of the thesis corresponds to a key characteristic at the heart of the identity. The principal constituents of this stable core are the assimilationism of the Coloured people (hope), their intermediate status in the racial hierarchy (fear), the negative connotations, especially that of racial hybridity, with which it was imbued (shame), and finally, the marginality of the Coloured community (frustration). DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994 TI - Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7788 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7788
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAdhikari M. Hope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7788en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHistorical Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleHope, fear, shame, frustration : continuity and change in the expression of coloured identity in white supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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