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The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography
This dissertation is an extended essay dealing with historical productions on the late independent era (the late “pre-colonial” epoch) of the wider KwaZulu-Natal region. The project pays particular attention to the development of the historiography and examines how it has shaped and in turn been sha...
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| author | Fagan, Henry Allan |
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| description | This dissertation is an extended essay dealing with historical productions on the late independent era (the late “pre-colonial” epoch) of the wider KwaZulu-Natal region. The project pays particular attention to the development of the historiography and examines how it has shaped and in turn been shaped by the source material over time. Attention is also drawn to issues with terminology and disciplinary convention, including the distinction which is traditionally made between ‘primary' and ‘secondary' sources. The dissertation's scope extends beyond the discipline of history to interrogate how influences from the fields of anthropology, art history, archaeology, and literary criticism have shaped the production of history. It also examines the productions of African intellectuals whose works were excluded from the discipline of history during the late colonial and apartheid eras. Among other things, this essay draws attention to historiographical breaks in the literature and considerers where paradigm shifts and epistemic ruptures can be discerned. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32619 The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography Fagan, Henry Allan Mulaudzi, Maanda Hamilton Carolyn independent era KwaZulu-Natal region This dissertation is an extended essay dealing with historical productions on the late independent era (the late “pre-colonial” epoch) of the wider KwaZulu-Natal region. The project pays particular attention to the development of the historiography and examines how it has shaped and in turn been shaped by the source material over time. Attention is also drawn to issues with terminology and disciplinary convention, including the distinction which is traditionally made between ‘primary' and ‘secondary' sources. The dissertation's scope extends beyond the discipline of history to interrogate how influences from the fields of anthropology, art history, archaeology, and literary criticism have shaped the production of history. It also examines the productions of African intellectuals whose works were excluded from the discipline of history during the late colonial and apartheid eras. Among other things, this essay draws attention to historiographical breaks in the literature and considerers where paradigm shifts and epistemic ruptures can be discerned. 2021-01-21T09:35:42Z 2021-01-21T09:35:42Z 2020 2021-01-21T08:58:13Z Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32619 eng application/pdf Department of Historical Studies Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | independent era KwaZulu-Natal region Fagan, Henry Allan The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography |
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| title | The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography |
| title_full | The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography |
| title_fullStr | The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography |
| title_full_unstemmed | The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography |
| title_short | The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography |
| title_sort | wider kwazulu natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism a critical essay on sources and historiography |
| topic | independent era KwaZulu-Natal region |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32619 |
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