The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorWorden, Nigelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, Kirstenen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1993en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 232-239.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis project constitutes a close textual analysis of The South African Commercial Advertiser in the years 1824 and 1830 - 1831. It uses this text to explore issues around the making of colonial identity in Cape Town during the early nineteenth century, making use of post-structuralist theories about discourse and the textual nature of historical reality. It therefore hopes to build on already existing work which concerns this period, but which does not directly address issues of cultural change in this way. The study commences with an account of the Advertiser's conception of the place of the press in the reform agenda of the middle classes in Cape Town. It explores contemporary notions about the nature of the rational public sphere and its basis in a literate culture. The second chapter explores the reconstruction of social space in Cape Town and the way in which these middle class efforts were disrupted by troubling perceptions of the underclasses in the city. Chapters three and four address the notions of gender identity and labour organization which informed the Advertiser's conception of an appropriately civilized society, as well as exploring the way in which these perceptions were destabilized by their operation in the colonial context of the Cape. The final chapter looks at the importance of representative government in the aims of the paper, and draws together some threads on the nature of colonial identity at the Cape as expressed in the Advertiser.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMcKenzie, K. (1993). <i>The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22520en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMcKenzie, Kirsten. <i>"The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22520en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMcKenzie, K. 1993. The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - McKenzie, Kirsten AB - This project constitutes a close textual analysis of The South African Commercial Advertiser in the years 1824 and 1830 - 1831. It uses this text to explore issues around the making of colonial identity in Cape Town during the early nineteenth century, making use of post-structuralist theories about discourse and the textual nature of historical reality. It therefore hopes to build on already existing work which concerns this period, but which does not directly address issues of cultural change in this way. The study commences with an account of the Advertiser's conception of the place of the press in the reform agenda of the middle classes in Cape Town. It explores contemporary notions about the nature of the rational public sphere and its basis in a literate culture. The second chapter explores the reconstruction of social space in Cape Town and the way in which these middle class efforts were disrupted by troubling perceptions of the underclasses in the city. Chapters three and four address the notions of gender identity and labour organization which informed the Advertiser's conception of an appropriately civilized society, as well as exploring the way in which these perceptions were destabilized by their operation in the colonial context of the Cape. The final chapter looks at the importance of representative government in the aims of the paper, and draws together some threads on the nature of colonial identity at the Cape as expressed in the Advertiser. DA - 1993 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1993 T1 - The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town TI - The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22520 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/22520
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMcKenzie K. The South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1993 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22520en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHistorical Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe South African Commercial Advertiser and the making of middle class identity in early nineteenth-century Cape Townen_ZA
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