Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa, 1990-94.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The Study of Youth, Identity, and Politics -- Research Questions and Objectives -- 2 Methodology -- Identifying the Site and Participants -- The Relevance of My Identity to the Research -- Tenure of Fieldwork -- Participation -- Interviewing -- Specific Forms of Data and Data Analysis -- 3 KwaZulu/Natal: A Historical Overview -- The Zulu kingdom, 1820-1879 -- The Destruction of the Zulu Kingdom and Transformation in Restructuring Zulu Society, 1879-1912 -- The Emergence of Black Resistance Groups, 1913-1960 -- Suppressed Resistance and Implementation of Apartheid Structures, 1960-1975 -- KwaZulu -- Revived African Activism, 1970-1980 -- Inkatha: A Brief History -- Symbols -- Inkatha and the United Democratic Front, 1980-1990 -- The United Democratic Front: A Brief History -- The UDF, COSATU, and Inkatha -- 4 Townships -- The Source of UDF, and Inkatha Conflict in KwaMashu and Umlazi -- Inkatha, UDF, and Township Schools: The Politics of the 1990s -- Criminal Elements and the Struggle -- 5 Setting Out the Tensions: Formal Politics, Cultural Practices, and the Definition of Zulu Identity -- Institutionalized Definitions of Zulu Identity -- Conventionalized Notions of Zulu -- Zulu Culture and Formal Politics -- Urban Cultures and Formal Politics -- Criteria of Identification, Cultural Practices, and Political Parties -- 6 Social/Cultural Groups: Tsatsatsa -- The Emergence of Tsatsatsa -- On the Margins of Tsatsatsa -- Tsatsatsa Social and Political Practices -- Specific Representations about Identity -- 7 Tsatsatsa Language, Cultural Practices, and the Politics of Identity -- Language and Social Practices in Formal Domains -- Language Practices in the School -- Language and Social Practices in Informal Domains -- Public Group Outings -- Individual Practices.

Language and Other Criteria of Identification -- 8 Social Groups: Soccer -- Soccer Groups: Their Formation -- Negotiating Identities -- Construction of Soccer as a Secure Zulu Space -- Language Use and Symbolic Power -- Soccer and Schooling -- 9 The Example of Ngubo: The Use of Language at Church and School -- Language and Other Social Practices in Informal Domains -- Language and Other Social Practices in Semi-formal Domains -- Language Practices in Formal Domains -- 10 The Struggle over Symbols and the Politics of Identity -- Youth Challenges to the Institutionalization of Zulu Ethnicity -- Youth Challenges to Symbolic Domination and Institutionalization of Language -- Ambiguity and Contradictions with the Use of History in Emerging Zulu Identities -- Nationalism and Liberation -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Chronology of Historical Developments -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- S -- T -- U -- Z -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X -- Y -- Z.

Youth and Identity Politics in South Africashows how the youth identify variously as fans of jazz or hip-hop who espouse a none-racial national character, as athletes who feel a strong connection to traditional Zulu patriarchy, or in many other social and political subcultures.

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