Cultural trends and community formation in a South African township: Sharpeville, 1943-1985.

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dc.contributor.authorJeffrey, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-02T08:10:39Z
dc.date.available2018-10-02T08:10:39Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.descriptionA Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for the Degree of Master of Arts.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThesis examines cultural expressions and community attachment, and their relation to each other, in the creation and maintenance of urban identity. In examining this, the thesis considers a number of key cultural forms in Sharpeville such as boxing, football, musicial performance, youth. gangs, and styles of dress. It argues that, conceptually, "community" is never static; rather it is a state of existence, a perception, for a grouping of people. At a given time they may consider themselves to be collectively part of or constitute a community; at another, their attachments may be to a different entity - the local neighbourhood, for example. The empirical data was derived mainly from primary sources although due to the historical time-period examined - namely 1943 to 1985 - there was some reference to secondary sources. The research involved mainly in-depth interviews and participant observation. By administering a questionnaire, "key" informants within the various cultural areas examined were identifed and interviewed at length, sometimes more than once. The thesis argues that "communities" only gain a sense of cohesion, "identity" and unity at certain specific historical moments; at other times the cultured focus within them may in fact express quite other meanings than those of "community" for their members. This identity is seen thus as both a product of the structural features which inform, influence and even dictate its direction as well as the responses and actions of the residents themselves, in shaping its outcome.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAndrew Chakane 2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/25709
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectEthnology -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectUrbanization -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectCommunity development, Urban -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectSharpeville (South Africa) -- History.en_ZA
dc.titleCultural trends and community formation in a South African township: Sharpeville, 1943-1985.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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