Description
| Product ID: | 9783039119417 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Series: | Africa in Development |
| Title: | Do 'Zimbabweans' Exist? |
| Subtitle: | Trajectories of Nationalism, National Identity Formation and Crisis in a Postcolonial State |
| Authors: | Author: Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni |
| Page Count: | 414 |
| Subjects: | Nationalism, Nationalism |
| Description: | This book examines the triumphs and tribulations of the Zimbabwean national project, providing a radical and critical analysis of the fossilisation of Zimbabwean nationalism against the wider context of African nationalism in general. The book departs radically from the common 'praise-texts' in seriously engaging with the darker aspects of nationalism, including its failure to create the nation-as-people, and to install democracy and a culture of human rights. The author examines how the various people inhabiting the lands between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers entered history and how violence became a central aspect of the national project of organising Zimbabweans into a collectivity in pursuit of a political end. This book examines the triumphs and tribulations of the Zimbabwean national project, providing a radical and critical analysis of the fossilisation of Zimbabwean nationalism against the wider context of African nationalism in general. The book departs radically from the common ‘praise-texts’ in seriously engaging with the darker aspects of nationalism, including its failure to create the nation-as-people, and to install democracy and a culture of human rights. The author examines how the various people inhabiting the lands between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers entered history and how violence became a central aspect of the national project of organising Zimbabweans into a collectivity in pursuit of a political end. |
| Imprint Name: | Verlag Peter Lang |
| Publisher Name: | Verlag Peter Lang |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-10-28 |
