Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film

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dc.contributor.advisorRijsdijk, Ian-Malcolmen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHerman, Daniel Daviden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-27T09:37:36Z
dc.date.available2015-01-27T09:37:36Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe city of Johannesburg is globally identified with issues of inequality, prejudice and transformation. This identification is reinforced by the city's representation in film, in particular those of the post-apartheid era, which tend to emphasize the city's problems. The transformative power of living in Johannesburg, in particular how this experience impacts and shifts the personalities and experiences of the city's inhabitants, is often ignored. This thesis sets out to explore and analyse the consequences of engagement with Johannesburg by exploring the impact of the city on the protagonists in four post-apartheid Johannesburg films. The films that will be analysed - Jump the Gun (1996), Hijack Stories (2000), Tsotsi (2005), and District 9 (2009) - portray life in post-apartheid Johannesburg. These films were chosen because they have narratives that illustrate character transformation through exposure to the city of Johannesburg. The decision to focus on films that depict this era is deliberate, and I have done this in order to identify a new way of living in Johannesburg that is unique to this time period. In addition, the spread of years highlights how the experience of living in Johannesburg has changed over time.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHerman, D. D. (2012). <i>Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12316en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHerman, Daniel David. <i>"Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12316en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHerman, D. 2012. Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Herman, Daniel David AB - The city of Johannesburg is globally identified with issues of inequality, prejudice and transformation. This identification is reinforced by the city's representation in film, in particular those of the post-apartheid era, which tend to emphasize the city's problems. The transformative power of living in Johannesburg, in particular how this experience impacts and shifts the personalities and experiences of the city's inhabitants, is often ignored. This thesis sets out to explore and analyse the consequences of engagement with Johannesburg by exploring the impact of the city on the protagonists in four post-apartheid Johannesburg films. The films that will be analysed - Jump the Gun (1996), Hijack Stories (2000), Tsotsi (2005), and District 9 (2009) - portray life in post-apartheid Johannesburg. These films were chosen because they have narratives that illustrate character transformation through exposure to the city of Johannesburg. The decision to focus on films that depict this era is deliberate, and I have done this in order to identify a new way of living in Johannesburg that is unique to this time period. In addition, the spread of years highlights how the experience of living in Johannesburg has changed over time. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film TI - Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12316 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12316
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHerman DD. Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12316en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFilm and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleBegging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African filmen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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