Race and Hospitality: Allied troops of colour on the South African home front during the Second World War

TY - JOUR

T1 - Race and Hospitality: Allied troops of colour on the South African home front during the Second World War

AU - Smith, Jean

PY - 2020/7/11

Y1 - 2020/7/11

N2 - Though often marginalised in histories of the Second World War, South Africa, in addition to contributing manpower and economic support to the Allied war effort, was a transport hub and a site for military training. Millions of Allied servicemen and women spent time in South Africa, which became an important node in both imperial and Allied wartime networks. Examining the varied experiences of Allied personnel of colour in South Africa, with a focus on the Māori battalion, this essay, working towards a transnational social history of the conflict, highlights the ways in which wartime hospitality both reflected and subverted ideologies and practices of racial segregation.

AB - Though often marginalised in histories of the Second World War, South Africa, in addition to contributing manpower and economic support to the Allied war effort, was a transport hub and a site for military training. Millions of Allied servicemen and women spent time in South Africa, which became an important node in both imperial and Allied wartime networks. Examining the varied experiences of Allied personnel of colour in South Africa, with a focus on the Māori battalion, this essay, working towards a transnational social history of the conflict, highlights the ways in which wartime hospitality both reflected and subverted ideologies and practices of racial segregation.

KW - Māori

KW - Second World War

KW - South Africa

KW - home front

KW - hospitality

KW - race

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089415705&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/07292473.2020.1786890

DO - 10.1080/07292473.2020.1786890

M3 - Article

SN - 0729-2473

VL - 39

SP - 155

EP - 170

JO - War and Society

JF - War and Society

IS - 3

ER -