Unit name | Race and Resistance in South Africa (Level H Special Subject) |
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Unit code | HIST37010 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Rob Skinner |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit explores the construction of, and opposition to, systems of racial segregation and apartheid in twentieth-century South Africa. Using a range of sources, including visual sources, personal accounts and literature, the unit addresses the ideological foundations of white supremacy and the legislative framework that sustained it, and relates them to the social and cultural changes wrought by the processes of industrialization and urbanization. The unit explores a number of themes critical to an understanding of the social, cultural and ideological foundations of South Africa’s racially- segregated society, including concepts of race, ethnicity and nationalism. Students will examine the ways in which individual South Africans experienced and explained the basis of their segmented society as well as the impact of transnational ideologies, such as liberal humanitarianism and human rights.
To develop further students' ability to learn independently within a small-group context.
By the end of the unit students should have:
Seminars - 3 hours per week
1 x 3500 word essay (50%) and 1 x 2 hour exam (50%)
W.Beinart, Twentieth Century South Africa (2001).
N. Clark and W. Worger, South Africa: the rise and fall of apartheid (2011).
A. Krog, Country of My Skull (1999).
N. Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (1995).
A. Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country (1987).
N.Worden, The Making of Modern South Africa (2000).