Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014

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dc.contributor.advisorBotha, Martin Pen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBroodryk, Chris Willemen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T13:51:44Z
dc.date.available2016-07-11T13:51:44Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis develops a conceptual and theoretical framework within which to position contemporary Afrikaans cinema as a cinema of political impotence. Afrikaans cinema is first located within the tensions of democratic post-transitional South African society and linked to the identity politics of being identified as 'Afrikaner' or 'Afrikaans speaking'. The thesis provides a critical overview of film scholar Thomas Elsaesser's studies of (New) German Cinema and Hollywood, identifying key notions such as double occupancy to inform the study's vocabulary, and discussing how certain cultures have responded to traumatic events in which they were complicit. The thesis then links Elsaesser's studies to Fredric Jameson's views on political cinema and the political failures of postmodernism. This conceptual and theoretical framework identifies and problematises the neoliberal structures that guide much of Afrikaans filmmaking, and offers a historical overview of key moments and figures in South African (primarily Afrikaans) filmmaking in order to demonstrate that there Afrikaans cinema.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBroodryk, C. W. (2016). <i>Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20299en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBroodryk, Chris Willem. <i>"Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20299en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBroodryk, C. 2016. Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Broodryk, Chris Willem AB - This thesis develops a conceptual and theoretical framework within which to position contemporary Afrikaans cinema as a cinema of political impotence. Afrikaans cinema is first located within the tensions of democratic post-transitional South African society and linked to the identity politics of being identified as 'Afrikaner' or 'Afrikaans speaking'. The thesis provides a critical overview of film scholar Thomas Elsaesser's studies of (New) German Cinema and Hollywood, identifying key notions such as double occupancy to inform the study's vocabulary, and discussing how certain cultures have responded to traumatic events in which they were complicit. The thesis then links Elsaesser's studies to Fredric Jameson's views on political cinema and the political failures of postmodernism. This conceptual and theoretical framework identifies and problematises the neoliberal structures that guide much of Afrikaans filmmaking, and offers a historical overview of key moments and figures in South African (primarily Afrikaans) filmmaking in order to demonstrate that there Afrikaans cinema. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014 TI - Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20299 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20299
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBroodryk CW. Absences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20299en_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 Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleAbsences, exclusivities and utopias: Afrikaans film as a cinema of political impotence, 1994 - 2014en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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