Indelible apartheid: intergenerational post-colonial narratives of colonial-born coloured females about hair, race and identity in South Africa.
What do the narratives of five Cape Coloured women of three generations reveal about issues of race and identity in post-apartheid South Africa? This question is the essence of this study. Identity in apartheid South Africa was strictly and legislatively framed around race, defined by physical chara...
| Published in: | Social Identities Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 150 - 166 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2022
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