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Coloured by History, Shaped by Place: new Perspectives on Coloured identities in Cape Town (Social Identities South Africa Series) by Zimitri Erasmus is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Who is ‘black’ in South Africa today? And who is ‘coloured’? Who is in charge of the definitions? And why does it matter? This book examines - and plays with the boundaries of - the disconcerting, discomfiting meanings that have grown around coloured identities. It attempts to rethink what it means to be ‘coloured’ in post-apartheid South Africa. It argues that coloured identities are a valid part of black and African experiences, while refusing to erase their complexity and specificity. The bondedness of identities is acknowledged, yet the authors stress the ambiguity and fluidity of identity formation. This study brings together the work of scholars across disciplines including history, literature, sociology, political studies, psychology, education,'anthropology and cultural studies. It is united by the contributors’ attempts to move the study of racial politics in South Africa beyond the binary of black and white onto a new terrain which affirms people’s survival of both the colonial encounter and apartheid, despite the brutality of these social systems. Zimitri Erasmus is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Cape Town. She received her PhD in the field of develo
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- Author
- Zimitri Erasmus
- Publisher
- Kwela Books ; South African History Online
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780795701023
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, History, Social Sciences
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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