ENGL 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Masculinity, New Imperialism, Cetshwayo Kampande
24 Oct 2016
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The zulu warrior: shaka unites the zulu subtribes into one conjoint nation, gives rise to the british notion of the zulus being exemplary warriors, cetshwayo 1, anglo-zulu war (1879) The english were defeated in the first invasion a huge embarrassment, very pubic defeat. English arrogance surely lead to their own defeat. Although in the second invasion, the british were able to win: king solomon"s mines and the zulu warrior. Haggard"s account of the battle in kukauna land mirrors the numbers present in the first invasion where one group was outnumbered by the other (anglo < zulu) The last stand of the greys: duty. Whereas curtis is the modern victorian man and what one needs to be in order to maintain the empire. Foulata: everywoman she has an essential femininity, masculine susceptibility. She is desirable yet a racialized foreign other woman problem! (outside of africa at least) Issue of the biracial child breaks down the asserted binary between.
