National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse

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dc.contributor.advisorDawes, Andrewen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRoper, Kenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-25T07:36:08Z
dc.date.available2015-09-25T07:36:08Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: 201-215.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study considers the process of constructing a new South African national identity in the political discourse of the 'new' right-wing during the transitional period between 1990 and 1994. It is concerned with how speakers for the "new" Nationalist Party who were implicated in the production of national identity within the framework of an apartheid ideology discursively construct and reconstruct national identity during this period of transition. The focus is on key political speeches and interviews given by party leader F. W. De Klerk. National identity is approached from a social psychological perspective and the study argues for a theory of identity as discursively produced within a specific historical context and relations of power. Texts are analysed using a discourse analytic approach. The analysis considers the interpretative resources and discursive practices deployed in the constructive process. Particular attention is given to the rhetorical construction of the discourse and the argumentative context within which versions of identity are produced. An interpretative link is made between the results of this analysis and the positioning of speakers within ideology and relations of power. The analysis shows how the 'new' social category produced in this right-wing discourse is rooted in earlier representations of identity and is constructed to maintain earlier divisions and relations. Old and entrenched constructions of national identity, based in ethnicity, remain present in attempts to redefine an inclusive South African identity. A function of this construction is to speak to the right-wing as part of a strategy to manage negotiations.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRoper, K. (1997). <i>National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14090en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRoper, Ken. <i>"National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14090en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRoper, K. 1997. National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Roper, Ken AB - This study considers the process of constructing a new South African national identity in the political discourse of the 'new' right-wing during the transitional period between 1990 and 1994. It is concerned with how speakers for the "new" Nationalist Party who were implicated in the production of national identity within the framework of an apartheid ideology discursively construct and reconstruct national identity during this period of transition. The focus is on key political speeches and interviews given by party leader F. W. De Klerk. National identity is approached from a social psychological perspective and the study argues for a theory of identity as discursively produced within a specific historical context and relations of power. Texts are analysed using a discourse analytic approach. The analysis considers the interpretative resources and discursive practices deployed in the constructive process. Particular attention is given to the rhetorical construction of the discourse and the argumentative context within which versions of identity are produced. An interpretative link is made between the results of this analysis and the positioning of speakers within ideology and relations of power. The analysis shows how the 'new' social category produced in this right-wing discourse is rooted in earlier representations of identity and is constructed to maintain earlier divisions and relations. Old and entrenched constructions of national identity, based in ethnicity, remain present in attempts to redefine an inclusive South African identity. A function of this construction is to speak to the right-wing as part of a strategy to manage negotiations. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse TI - National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14090 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14090
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRoper K. National identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourse. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14090en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleNational identity in a changing South Africa : a study of 'new' right discourseen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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