Gender and the making of a South African Bantustan : a social history of the Ciskei, 1945-1959 / Anne Kelk Mager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mager, Anne Kelk.

Series:

Social history of Africa 1099-8098

Social history of Africa, 1099-8098

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--South Africa--Ciskei.

Human geography.

Human territoriality--South Africa--Ciskei.

Human territoriality.

Sex role--South Africa--Ciskei.

Sex role.

Ethnicity--South Africa--Ciskei.

Ethnicity.

Ciskei (South Africa)--History.

Ciskei (South Africa).

Ciskei (South Africa)--Politics and government.

Ciskei (South Africa)--Race relations.

South Africa--Ciskei.

Physical Description:

xix, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann ; Oxford : J. Currey ; Cape Town : David Philip, [1999]

Summary:

Originally a discursive and administrative construction for political control by whites of sections of Xhosaland, the Ciskei came to be a site for an awakening political consciousness among the African population living within its boundaries. As Mager shows, the creation of the Ciskei was a dynamic gendered process, and attempts to establish boundaries for the Ciskei were also attempts to stabilize and satisfy particular needs and interests. By locating gender relations within overlapping domains of politics, space, and institutional arrangements, Mager joins insights from feminist theory with geography and gendered history to produce a compelling social history.

Contents:

Part I Mapping, Boundaries, and Contested Structures 19

1. Defining the Border(s) 21

2. Mapping "The Family": The Creation of Zwelitsha 47

3. The People Get Fenced 72

4. Patriarchs, Politics, and Ethnic Mapping 98

Part II Subjectivities, Gender Regimes, and Resistance 125

5. Gendering Identities between Childhood and Adulthood 127

6. Independent Women and Youth in the City of East London 146

7. Sexuality, Fertility, and Male Power 173

8. Educating an Elite: Gender Regimes and Resistance 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-240) and index.

ISBN:

0325001111

0325001103

0852556853

0852556357

OCLC:

39890442