Black Cultural Life In South Africa
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Black Cultural Life In South Africa
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Author : Lily Saint
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2018-09-01
Black Cultural Life In South Africa written by Lily Saint and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-01 with History categories.
Under apartheid, black South Africans experienced severe material and social disadvantages occasioned by the government’s policies, and they had limited time for entertainment. Still, they closely engaged with an array of textual and visual cultures in ways that shaped their responses to this period of ethical crisis. Marshaling forms of historical evidence that include passbooks, memoirs, American “B” movies, literary and genre fiction, magazines, and photocomics, Black Cultural Life in South Africa considers the importance of popular genres and audiences in the relationship between ethical consciousness and aesthetic engagement. This study provocatively posits that states of oppression, including colonial and postcolonial rule, can elicit ethical responses to imaginative identification through encounters with popular culture, and it asks whether and how they carry over into ethical action. Its consideration of how globalized popular culture “travels” not just in material form, but also through the circuits of the imaginary, opens a new window for exploring the ethical and liberatory stakes of popular culture. Each chapter focuses on a separate genre, yet the overall interdisciplinary approach to the study of genre and argument for an expansion of ethical theory that draws on texts beyond the Western canon speak to growing concerns about studying genres and disciplines in isolation. Freed from oversimplified treatments of popular forms—common to cultural studies and ethical theory alike—this book demonstrates that people can do things with mass culture that reinvigorate ethical life. Lily Saint’s new volume will interest Africanists across the humanities and the social sciences, and scholars of Anglophone literary, globalization, and cultural studies; race; ethical theories and philosophies; film studies; book history and material cultures; and the burgeoning field of comics and graphic novels.
Sol Plaatje S Native Life In South Africa
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Author : Janet Remmington
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2016-10-01
Sol Plaatje S Native Life In South Africa written by Janet Remmington and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-01 with History categories.
Sheds new light on Native Life appearing at a critical historical juncture, and reflects on how to read it in South Africa’s heightened challenges today. First published in 1916, Sol Plaatje's Native Life in South Africa was written by one of the South Africa's most talented early twentieth-century black leaders and journalists. Plaatje's pioneering book arose out of an early African National Congress campaign to protest against the discriminatory 1913 Natives Land Act. Native Life vividly narrates Plaatje's investigative journeying into South Africa's rural heartlands to report on the effects of the Act and his involvement in the deputation to the British imperial government. At the same time it tells the bigger story of the assault on black rights and opportunities in the newly consolidated Union of South Africa - and the resistance to it. Originally published in war-time London, but about South Africa and its place in the world, Native Life travelled far and wide, being distributed in the United States under the auspices of prominent African-American W E B Du Bois. South African editions were to follow only in the late apartheid period and beyond. The aim of this multi-authored volume is to shed new light on how and why Native Life came into being at a critical historical juncture, and to reflect on how it can be read in relation to South Africa's heightened challenges today. Crucial areas that come under the spotlight in this collection include land, race, history, mobility, belonging, war, the press, law, literature, language, gender, politics, and the state.
In Pursuit Of A Black Identity In Contemporary South Africa
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Author : Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
In Pursuit Of A Black Identity In Contemporary South Africa written by Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Blacks categories.
This research reveals the opaque social hierarchies which work to structure Black life in contemporary South Africa. Using a multi-modal critical discourse analysis, and four theories: hegemony, neoliberalism, post-feminism and African womanism, this study analyzes the representation of weddings in Our Perfect Wedding and Top Billing Weddings, two South African wedding reality television programs. In addition, the study examines the TV programs' audience narratives in online spaces. Analyzing online conversations helps to show how audiences actively engage with and interpret messages disseminated by the TV shows as they talk back to the shows and among themselves. The study also examines wedding speeches to understand their role in relation to gender issues in contemporary South Africa. The findings demonstrate that neoliberal and post-feminist narratives are used to exemplify what is contemporary and attractive. Tied to this, practices and appearances moderated by whiteness are represented as beautiful and normative whereas Blackness and Black feminine looks are either mainstreamed or discarded. The representations create a binary that is hard to resist between what is represented as modern and attractive versus the African culture that is represented as inconsequential and disposable. Regarding the TV shows' audiences there is a tension between those who embrace the high class televisual representations of white weddings and those calling for a return to African cultural practices and an appreciation of Blackness. Such calls illustrate nostalgia for Blackness. For this reason, these narratives offer insight into the intersection of class and culture and illustrate that Black South Africans are navigating an identity struggle confronted with attractive contemporary life unfolding in a space where African practices are largely marginalized. Furthermore, wedding speeches with perspectives drawn from the African culture and Biblical scriptures reveal that marriage is constructed around patriarchal beliefs. Wedding speeches structure gender roles and define hegemonic African manhood, a prominent identity that towers over African womanhood. Christian and African cultural beliefs converge to normalize women's subordination and male supremacy in the Black South African society, a contradiction to the attractive images portrayed on TV. The televisual representation of weddings, online responses to the representations and wedding speeches demonstrate an intersection of issues of culture, class, and gender in modern day South Africa. This intersection demonstrates that Black people are in pursuit of a Black identity confronted with issues of contemporary living while attempting to adhere to what has long been defined as inherent Black cultural practices with highly structured gender roles. Neoliberal and post-feminist narratives, while embraced for their attractive features of glamor in the form of white weddings, are also feared and resisted for displacing Blackness. Gender norms also complicate the identity picture as they are influenced by African practices that lag behind proclaimed gender equality in present day South Africa.
South Africa S Renegade Reels
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Author : L. Modisane
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-28
South Africa S Renegade Reels written by L. Modisane and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-28 with Social Science categories.
Despite incredible political upheavals and a minimal national history of film production, movies such as Come Back, Africa (1959), uDeliwe (1975), and Fools (1998) have taken on an iconic status within South African culture. In this much-needed study, author Litheko Modisane delves into the public critical engagements around old 'renegade' films and newer ones, revealing instructive details both in the production and the public lives of South African movies oriented around black social experiences. This illuminates the complex nature of cinema in modern public life, enriching established methodologies by expanding the cultural and conceptual boundaries of film as a phenomenon of textual circulation.
South Africa Culture Smart
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Author : David Holt-Biddle
language : en
Publisher: Kuperard
Release Date : 2010-06-08
South Africa Culture Smart written by David Holt-Biddle and has been published by Kuperard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-08 with Travel categories.
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken "Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel "... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel "...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer "...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine "...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times
South Africa
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Author : Jacqueline Drobis Meisel
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Release Date : 1997
South Africa written by Jacqueline Drobis Meisel and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Discusses the geography, history, people, cultural life, and education of the various ethnic groups making up the South African nation.
An African American In South Africa
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Author : Ralph Johnson Bunche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
An African American In South Africa written by Ralph Johnson Bunche and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Coloured, Indian, and African communities. He kept copious notes on his observations, impressions, and reflections on a wide range of issues: race relations, black living conditions, African political leadership and organizations, education, health care, sports and social life, the legal system, and religion. These notes are the basis of this edited volume. Bunche was never able to produce the book he planned on South Africa, so his notes are a testament to his skills.
Cultural Life
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Cultural Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Art, South African categories.
Es Kia
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Author : Es'kia Mphahlele
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Es Kia written by Es'kia Mphahlele and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Africa categories.
The essays and public addresses of scholar, teacher, philosopher, and activist Es'kia Mphahlele are presented in this collection spanning 40 years of recent African history. The intellectual and distinctly South African perspective exhibited in these writings is enriched by humor and autobiographical anecdotes. Subjects addressed include African literature and literary criticism, education in a democratic South Africa, relations between Africans and African Americans, negritude, African identity, and African humanism. A critical introduction, full biography, bibliography, and brief synopsis of each essay are included.
South Africa Culture Smart
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Author : Isabella Morris
language : en
Publisher: Kuperard
Release Date : 2018-02-01
South Africa Culture Smart written by Isabella Morris and has been published by Kuperard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-01 with Business & Economics categories.
South Africa has been described as "A World in One Country" and a "Rainbow Nation." Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of the Highveld plateau, and the subtropical bush of the Lowveld. Its ethnic makeup is equally varied. There are eleven official languages, nine major black African tribes, two major white tribes, as well as a representation of all the world's major religions. It has a free market economy while communists share in government; one of the world's most liberal constitutions and a deeply patriarchal society; and very rich and very poor people coexisting. South Africa has come through fire, and although there is still considerable heat, it is doing pretty well. This insiders' guide will introduce you to the universal warmth and cultural diversity of its people, explain the backdrop of their troubled past, and familiarize you with their everyday life so that you'll feel comfortable whether you're invited to a shack in the townships, a mansion in the suburbs, or a braai on the beach. You'll learn how to stay safe in potentially dangerous areas, and you'll know where to go if you want to feel like the only person on the planet.
