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Locating the popular-democratic in South African resistance literature in English, 1970-1990.
(1998)
As a conjunctural construct located between politics, society and art, the popular-democratic
construes the resistance literature of the 1970s and 1980s as being expressive of an entire
social movement to end oppression ...
The English language television single play in South Africa : a threatened genre, 1976-1991.
(1993)
The thesis takes the form of an investigation into the various causes leading to
the demise of the English language television single play in South Africa. It does
not position the genre within any particular theoretical ...
'Who is the other woman?' : representation, alterity and ethics in the work of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
(1998)
This dissertation analyses a number of key themes in the work of postcolonial theorist and literary critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and uses her ideas to argue for the usefulness of both deconstructive and postmodern ...
The art of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg during the 1950s and 1960s : the transition from modernism to postmodernism.
(1998)
This dissertation is intended as an investigation into the art of Jasper Johns and
Robert Rauschenberg.The aim of thisinvestigation is to assess the possibility that the art produced by Johns and Rauschenberg during the ...
A stylistic and technical analysis of Skryabin's Etudes, Op. 8.
(1992)
No abstract available.
The mangalam and its significance to Indian South Africans in Kwazulu Natal.
(1999)
Weddings have always been an indispensable and auspicious part of Hindu life both in South Africa and in India. This study is an examination
of one aspect of Hindu weddings, viz. the vocal and sometimes instrumental recital ...
Nation-building novels : symbolism and syncrecity.
(1998)
Nation-building novels are novels which attempt to weave the experiences, values and richness of a variety of cultures, language groups and social contexts into a national heritage that creates a sense ofnational identity ...
Tricksters and trickery in Zulu folktales.
(1995)
Tricksters and Trickery in Zulu Folktales is a research on one of the central themes in African, and particularly Nguni/Zulu folklore, in which the trickster figure plays a pivotal role. The Zulu form part of the Nguni ...
Are Africa's development failures due to cultural irrationality or the manner of development? : towards a theory of sustainable community development through communication.
(1999)
This study is an analysis of the implications of the manner of development, decision making and
communication therein on Africa's development performance since the 1950s. It sought to
establish the causes of development ...
An investigation into the use of terms aithiops and aithiopia in Greek literature from Homer to Lycophron.
(1997)
The Greeks and Romans were acquainted with dark skinned people from Africa from an early stage. It has been generally accepted that such people were referred to as aithiopias; by the Greeks, and modem commentators have ...