Abstract / Description of output
Social change and large-scale transformations are as important to everyday life sociology as to macro sociology approaches. South Africa has been a ‘hotspot’ of change with a number of such transitions occurring in a condensed time-period, in particular regarding ‘race’ matters. A large South African family collection, concerning the Forbes family, is used to explore how the processes of change regarding the racial order can be analysed within an everyday sociology framework, focusing on the period 1850 to 1930. A range of documents throwing light on ‘the space of the day’, ‘the world and the word’ and other aspects of everyday experience are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 837-852 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Sociology |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 1 Oct 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- everyday life
- letters
- racial order
- scriptural economy
- social change
- South Africa