History beyond apartheid : new approaches in South African historiography / edited by Thula Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, Thula, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Africa--Historiography.

South Africa.

South Africa--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This edited volume encompasses a range of themes and approaches relevant to the field of South African history today, as viewed from the perspective of practicing historians at the cutting edge of research in the discipline. This collection features the historians' critical reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects of their work. This involves them both looking back at the inherited historiographical tradition in the respective areas of their research, while also pointing forwards to possible future directions for scholarly engagement.

Contents:

1. Towards a school of their own: the varieties of South African historiography / Thula Simpson

2. Beasts of the southern world: multi-species history and the Anthropocene / Sandra Swart

3. Black academics matter: history and anti-blackness at South African universities / Janeke Thumbran

4. Black mothering, 'maids' and mixed-methods in women's history: Zanele Muholi's contemporary art and Sindiwe Magona's short stories / Mandisa Mbali

5. Vernacular traditions as counter-hegemonic archives in Eastern Cape historiography / Nomalanga Mkhize

6. The revolution in South African historiography / Thula Simpson

7. From grand narratives to complicated subjects: biography in the post-apartheid era / Lindie Koorts

8. Whiteness must fall: whiteness, whites and insurgent history writing / Neil Roos

9. Bringing white workers back in: new histories of race and class in South Africa / Danelle van Zyl-Hermann

10. The transnational nation: South African history beyond and across borders / Rob Skinner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 4, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526159083

1526159082

OCLC:

1376532915