Going for Gold - Men, Mines, and Migration (Paperback, New)

This text tells the story of the lives of migrant black African men who work in the South African gold mines, recounted from their own point of view and, as much as possible, in their own words. Dunbar Moodie examines the operation of local power structures and resistances, changes in production techniques, the limits and successes of unionization, and the nature of ethnic conflicts at different periods and on different terrains of struggle. He treats his subject thematically and historically, examining how notions of integrity, manhood, sexuality, work, power, solidarity, and violence have all changed over time, especially with the shift to a proletarianized work-force on the mines in the 1970s. Moodie integrates analyses of individual life-strategies with theories of social change, illuminating the ways in which these play off each other in historically significant ways. He shows how human beings (in this case, African men) build integrity and construct their own social order, even in situations of apparent total repression.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Perspectives on Southern Africa, 51
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	September 1994
Authors:	T Dunbar Moodie
Contributors:	Vivienne Ndatshe
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	337
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-08644-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Promotions
LSN:	0-520-08644-9
Barcode:	9780520086449

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