Khoisan consciousness : an ethnography of emic histories and indigenous revivalism in post-apartheid Cape Town / by Rafael Verbuyst.
| Author/creator | Verbuyst, Rafael author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] |
| Description | xvii, 398 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Afrika-studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 Afrika-Studiecentrum series. ^A691550 |
| Abstract | "The Khoisan of the Cape are widely considered virtually extinct as a distinct collective following their decimation, dispossession and assimilation into the mixed-race group 'coloured' during colonialism and apartheid. However, since the democratic transition of 1994, increasing numbers of 'Khoisan revivalists' are rejecting their coloured identity and engaging in activism as indigenous people. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Cape Town, this book takes an unprecedented bottom-up approach. Centring emic perspectives, it scrutinizes Khoisan revivalism's origins and explores the diverse ways Khoisan revivalists engage with the past to articulate a sense of indigeneity and stake political claims"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-395) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Verbuyst, Rafael. Khoisan consciousness Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022 9789004516618 |
| LCCN | 2022020258 |
| ISBN | 9789004516601 |
| ISBN | 9004516603 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |