Terrific majesty : the powers of Shaka Zulu and the limits of historical invention

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hamilton, Carolyn, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Zulu (African people)--History--South Africa--Biography.
• Zulu (African people)--Kings and rulers.
• Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Terrific Majesty

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Harvard University Press 1998

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since his assassination in 1828, King Shaka Zulu has made his empire in popular imaginations throughout Africa and the West. Shaka is the hero of Zulu nationalism, the centerpiece of Inkatha ideology, a demon of apartheid, the namesake of a theme park, even the subject of a TV film. This book explores the reasons for the potency of Shaka's image.

Contents:

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Orthographic and terminological notes
• Abbreviations
• Map
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Painted chests, academic body servants, and visions of modern airlines: Shaka in contemporary discourses
• Chapter 2. The origins of the image of Shaka
• Chapter 3. The men who would be Shaka: Shaka as a model for the Natal native administration
• Chapter 4. "The establishment of a living source of tradition": James Stuart and the genius of Shakan despotism
• Chapter 5. Shaka as metaphor, memory, and history in apartheid South Africa
• Chapter 6. "The Government resembles Tshaka"
• Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-87445-5

OCLC:

1321802986