Ons is Boesmans: commentary on the naming of Bushmen in the southern Kalahari

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dc.contributor.authorEllis, William F.
dc.date.accessioned18/08/2017 13:12
dc.date.available18/08/2017 13:12
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines academic debates about the nomenclature of the San in light of recent ethnographic data. Academic debates centre around two aspects: the apparent complicity of the term �bushman� in construing the San as lower on the hierarchy of race and class; and the construction of the San as being in close contact with animals and nature. Academics have sought to resolve this dilemma of complicity by adopting self-referential terms, which would allow them to overcome the effacement of cultural and linguistic variation. Critically, the paper argues that this turn to self-referential terms is problematic in the case of the ?Khomani San of the southern Kalahari because the San themselves claim �bushman� as their identity. The analysis suggests that the ?Khomani San claim this name for themselves in a context of developmental needs. Thus, ?Khomani San chose the name �Bushman� for themselves because it can be commoditised.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEllis, W. F. (2015). Ons is Boesmans: commentary on the naming of Bushmen in the southern Kalahari. Anthropology Southern Africa, 38(1&2): 120�133en_US
dc.identifier.issn2332-3256
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/3132
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2015.1056314
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherNational Inquiry Services Centreen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2015.1056314
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectAuthenticityen_US
dc.subjectBoesmanen_US
dc.subjectBushmanen_US
dc.subjectEthnonymsen_US
dc.subjectKhoisanen_US
dc.subject?Khomanien_US
dc.subjectSanen_US
dc.subjectSelf-referentialityen_US
dc.subjectSouthern Kalaharien_US
dc.titleOns is Boesmans: commentary on the naming of Bushmen in the southern Kalaharien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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