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Record Nr.

UNINA9910835056703321

Autore

Feather Daniel J

Titolo

British Cultural Diplomacy in South Africa, 1960-1994

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024

©2023

ISBN

3-031-49438-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 pages)

Collana

Britain and the World Series

Disciplina

303.48241068

960

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Existing Literature -- Defining Culture, Cultural Diplomacy, and Cultural Relations -- Policymaking -- Political and Cultural Changes in White South African Society -- Methodology and Sources -- Chapter Structure -- Terminology -- Part I Educational Policy -- 2 Racialised Educational Diplomacy: Scholarships and Race, 1960 to 1964 -- Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan -- Maintaining Contact with the Republic of South Africa: British Council Expansion -- Archibald Mafeje's British Council Award and United Nations Resolution 191 -- Labour Elected -- Conclusion -- 3 UK-South African Educational Cooperation in the Years of 'High' Apartheid, 1964 to 1979 -- Successes and Limits of the Labour Government's Changes -- Robert Birley: The 'Quasi-Diplomat' -- Beyers Naudé and the Christian Institute Exchange Programme -- Educational Assistance to the Homelands -- Forging Links with Future Leaders -- Conclusion -- 4 Forging Ties with the 'Successor Generation', 1979 to 1994 -- Funding for Educational Work in South Africa in the Age of Monetarism -- Expansion of Contacts -- Picking the Right Side: Identifying Future Leaders from Within the Trade Union Movement -- The Continued Complexity of Engagement with the Homelands -- The Attitude of the South African Government -- The Experiences of Scholars and Sponsored Visitors to the UK in the 1980s and 1990s --



Conclusion -- Part II Cultural and Sporting Contact -- 5 The British Broadcasting Company: Asset or Hindrance to the Perception of the UK in Apartheid South Africa? -- Relations with the South African Broadcasting Service (SABC) and the Sale of the BBC Transcription Service after South Africa's Exit from the Commonwealth -- A False Dawn: The Introduction of Television, 1970 to 1976 -- Continued Controversy at Home and Abroad.

Improving BBC Radio Audibility -- BBC Correspondents Working in South Africa -- Conclusion -- 6 British 'Cultural Manifestations' in South Africa, 1960 to 1994 -- Sharpeville and the Establishment of the Cultural Boycott -- Britain's Response to Vorster's 'Outward Policy' -- The Dryden Society's Tour -- The 1820 Settler One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations, 1970 -- Increased Cultural Ostracism and the Opening of Sun City -- Counterculture Inside South Africa and the Ending of the Cultural Boycott -- Conclusion -- 7 UK Policy Towards Sporting Contact with South Africa, 1960 to 1977 -- Continuation of the Status Quo, 1960 to 1966 -- The 'D'Oliveira Affair' -- Stop the Seventy Tour -- Cricketing Contact After 1970 -- The 1974 Lions Rugby Tour -- Increased Ostracism -- Conclusion -- 8 UK Policy Towards Sporting Contact with South Africa, 1977 to 1994 -- Interpreting the Gleneagles Agreement -- Barbarians and Lions Tours, 1979 to 1980 -- Increased International Pressure -- Rebel Tours and the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games -- The British Government and South Africa's Reintegration into International Sports -- Conclusion -- 9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.