The understanding of race: an analysis of laypeople's contemporary understanding of the notion race

This is a thesis about popular perceptions of "race" - the way in which ordinary people in South Africa conceptualise and understand the term. Traditional academic literature on the topic has emphasised the need to differentiate clearly between "popular" and "scientific" conceptions of "race". The scientific conception, it is constantly emphasised, refers to a category based exclusively on physical, genetic, biologically inherited criteria. The popular conception, on the other hand, does not adhere to this strict formulation (Boonzaier,1988:61).

Grantor

Social Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

1990

Author dc:creator

• Bodart, Renaat

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Boonzaier, Emile

• Social Anthropology

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38831

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/38831