The ambiguities of dependence in South Africa: class, nationalism, and the State in twentieth-century Natal

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Title:	The ambiguities of dependence in South Africa: class, nationalism, and the State in twentieth-century Natal
Author:	Marks, Shula
Year:	1986
Pages:	171
Language:	English
Series:	Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture
City of publisher:	Baltimore, MD
Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:	0801832675
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	nationalism race relations class relations
About persons:	Solomon ka Dinuzulu (1893-1933) John Langalibalele Dube (1871-1946) Allison Wessels George Champion (1893-1975)
Abstract:	The term 'ambiguity' here covers two distinct but related phenomena: ambiguity of meaning and structural ambiguity or contradiction. At the heart of the three essays in this book lies the changing nature of domination. And a concept of ambiguity is crucial to any understanding of it; even while demanding obedience and provoking resistance, domination operates not simply through coercion but also through concessions that themselves are shaped by the nature of resistance. These in turn become the basis of consent as well as of further struggle by the dominated. In this light the author tries to interpret the nature and effect of policies of segregation in South Africa, particularly Natal, in the first three decades of this century. App.: Genealogy of the Zulu Kings.