Khomanani : critical discourse analysis of South African state funded publications on HIV

Master Thesis

2008

Permanent link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3585
Files
thesis_hsf_2008_root_e (1).pdf (3.73 MB)
Authors
Aulette-Root, Elizabeth
Journal Title
Link to Journal
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department
African Studies
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
License
Series
Abstract
The present study focuses on identifying the discourses that emerge in these official documents. A data set of the complete collection of Khomanani booklets and leaflets in English was discursively analysed. The analysis focuses on ways in which emergent discourses in the text maintain or resist existing power structures in the context of post-colonial South Africa. The discourses that emerged are: hegemonic biomedicine, gender, and citizenship discourses. The discourses in the text reinforce dominant and oppressive power structures in complex ways and necessitate a critical reworking in order to more successfully address HIV education in South Africa.
Description

Includes abstract.


Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-67).

Keywords
African Studies

Reference:

Aulette-Root, E. 2008. Khomanani : critical discourse analysis of South African state funded publications on HIV. University of Cape Town.

Collections
Masters