Griqua Past and the Limits of South African History, 1902-1994
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- ISBN 9783034307789
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 25 Oct 2011
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Griqua people are commonly misunderstood. Today, they do not figure in the South African imagination as other peoples do, nor have they for over a century. This book argues that their comparative invisibility is a result of their place in the national narrative.
In this revisionist analysis of South African historiography, the author analyses over a century’s worth of historical studies and identifies a number of narrative frameworks that have proven resilient to change over this time. The Griqua, in particular, have fared poorly compared to other peoples. They appear in, and disappear from, this body of work in a number of consistent ways, almost as though scholars have avoided re-imagining their history in ways relevant to the present. This book questions why that might be the case.
In this revisionist analysis of South African historiography, the author analyses over a century’s worth of historical studies and identifies a number of narrative frameworks that have proven resilient to change over this time. The Griqua, in particular, have fared poorly compared to other peoples. They appear in, and disappear from, this body of work in a number of consistent ways, almost as though scholars have avoided re-imagining their history in ways relevant to the present. This book questions why that might be the case.
Edward Cavanagh has studied various aspects of the history of settler colonialism in Australia, Canada and South Africa. He is the co-founder of the journal settler colonial studies and he has published work in several other journals. His postgraduate career has brought him to Johannesburg, where he currently shares the NRF Chair in Local Histories, Present Realities with a number of students and post-doctoral researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand.
