essay
Patriotism, patriarchy and purity: Natal and the politics of Zulu ethnic consciousness
Creation of tribalism in Southern Africa • London • Published In 1989 • Pages: 215-240
By: Marks, Shula.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the various factors leading to the development of a sense of ethnic consciousness and nationalism among the Zulu during the period of 1920 to approximately 1989. Some of the factors discussed in the text are internal social change within the society itself, acculturation (e.g., through missionaries and government administrators), capitalist economic development in the region, rural to urban population movements, and the cumulative effect of the ideologies of political parties, labor organizations (the national Industrial and Commercial Workers Union), and the Zulu Cultural Society, in solidifying new social concepts. One other feature of this document that deserves attention is the changing role of women in Zulu society. This information is presented in some detail in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Urban and rural life
- Dance
- Gender status
- Sodalities
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Teachers
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1920-1989
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shula Marks
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88004753
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)