Anti-social bandits culture resistance and the Tsotsi subculture on the Witwatersrand during the 1940s and 1950s

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dc.contributor.authorGlaser, Clive
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-16T12:11:39Z
dc.date.available2010-09-16T12:11:39Z
dc.date.issued1990-09
dc.descriptionAfrican Studies Seminar series. Paper presented September, 1990en_US
dc.description.abstractWitwatersrand during the 1940s and 1950s never involved themselves in "politics". Because they were almost by definition unemployed they were also marginal to the struggle between capital and labour. A study of the tsotsi subculture is therefore in danger of becoming politically irrelevant, a colourful sociological study detached from broader social power struggles. This paper attempts to offset this danger from the outset by broadening the definition of "political" to embrace culture and ideology. I will place the tsotsi subculture within the context of the struggle for cultural hegemony in South Africa. Not only did the tsotsi subculture occupy a significant niche within the cultural fabric of urban South Africa, but, I will argue, it represented a powerful counter-force to the cultural hegemonic status quo. (1)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/8714
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrican Studies Institute;ISS 160
dc.subjectUrban youth. South Africa. Witwatersrand. Social conditionsen_US
dc.subjectGangs. South Africa. Witwatersranden_US
dc.subjectGangs. Political activity. South Africa. Witwatersranden_US
dc.titleAnti-social bandits culture resistance and the Tsotsi subculture on the Witwatersrand during the 1940s and 1950sen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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