The Structural and Cultural Construction of Race in the Handline Fishing Industry on South Africa's Western Cape Coast

by James Gates

Abstract:

The primary aim of this dissertation is to describe how race relations are socially constructed and historically situated through an analysis of the relationships between coloured and white fishers in South Africa's handline fishing industry. In-depth interviews with 102 handline ski-boat skippers on the Western Cape coast serve as the core data for this analysis. My primary aim was achieved by interpreting the images skippers use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0530004054
• ISBN13: 9780530004051
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Dissertation Discovery Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"