Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorNasson, Billen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLane, Katieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:35:50Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:35:50Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines Drum magazine's journalism from 951 to 1959. Many studies have primarily examined Drum and its role as a vehicle for the "Sophiatown generation" of fiction in the 1950s but this study instead concentrates on Drum's non-fiction reporting. It looks at both Drum's role in the birth of the popular black press and the magazine's complex conceptions of urban life. It argues that Drum's non-fiction promoted a cosmopolitan identity for its urban readers, in direct opposition to the efforts by the apartheid government to "retribralise" black urban residents, but also reflected anxieties about the urban experience. Drum was also one of the first non-partisan black publications to make political news accessible to a mass audience and the study argues that Drum's coverage of black politics has been overlooked and sometimes underestimated.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLane, K. (2006). <i>Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8169en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLane, Katie. <i>"Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8169en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLane, K. 2006. Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lane, Katie AB - This study examines Drum magazine's journalism from 951 to 1959. Many studies have primarily examined Drum and its role as a vehicle for the "Sophiatown generation" of fiction in the 1950s but this study instead concentrates on Drum's non-fiction reporting. It looks at both Drum's role in the birth of the popular black press and the magazine's complex conceptions of urban life. It argues that Drum's non-fiction promoted a cosmopolitan identity for its urban readers, in direct opposition to the efforts by the apartheid government to "retribralise" black urban residents, but also reflected anxieties about the urban experience. Drum was also one of the first non-partisan black publications to make political news accessible to a mass audience and the study argues that Drum's coverage of black politics has been overlooked and sometimes underestimated. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press TI - Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8169 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8169
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLane K. Living for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black press. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8169en_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.titleLiving for the city : Drum magazine's journalism and the popular black pressen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
uct.type.filetypeText
uct.type.filetypeImage
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceThesisen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
thesis_hum_2006_lane_k (1).pdf
Size:
11.88 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
Masters