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Subversion, Resistance and Contestations : Politics of Names and Naming in Zimbabwe / edited by Tanaka Chidora, Yaser Ellethy, Anne Hege Grung, Henry Jansen, and Matthew Ryan Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- African Social Studies Series ; 50.
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- African Social Studies Series ; 50
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Studies.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- History.
- Languages and Linguistics.
- Literature and Cultural Studies.
- Social history.
- Social sciences.
- Sociology & Anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Politics of Names and Naming in Zimbabwe
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is unique in the sense that it is the first full-volume book to gather various contributions on the politics of names and naming in Zimbabwe. The premise of the book is that names are historical archives; thus, the chapters gathered herein attempt a chronological survey of the politics of names and naming from the colonial period to the post-Mugabe era, popularly euphemised as the New Dispensation. This chronological study of names and naming was not meant to give a linear narrative of subversion, resistance and contestation, but to show that Zimbabwe does not have a monolithic history and that a chronological study of the names and naming traditions from the colonial period to the present will reveal various histories of Zimbabweans struggling against various hegemonies, from a colonialist chronotope that threatened the onomastic erasure of black people to present political machinations and nomenclatural shenanigans that seek to disavow violent legacies. The multidisciplinary nature of this volume allowed for a more inclusive approach to the politics of names and naming in Zimbabwe. The various chapters constituting this volume were contributed by scholars from the fields of linguistics, literary studies, history, sociology, media and music studies in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has consistently offered an interesting case study in various academic fields because of its unique history that includes a protracted liberation and an unrelenting post-independence crises. Thus, this volume offers a unique opportunity and archive for researchers interested in Zimbabwean history, politics, literature and culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-74449-5
- 9789004744493
- OCLC:
- 1561175628
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004744493 DOI
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