Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns

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dc.contributor.advisorLevett, Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWilbraham, Lindy Anneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T08:06:49Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T08:06:49Z
dc.date.issued1994en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 162-180.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation applies the theoretical ideas of Michel Foucault -viz. confession, surveillance and subjectivity - to advice columns from three South African women's magazines. An interpretative analysis effects of discourse, renders salient the relationship between knowledges, discursive practices, power and institutions. Using, as a standing point, Wendy Hollway's work on subject positioning of women in discourses concerning heterosexual relationship practice, the ways in which women are impelled to ""work"" in psychologized and medicalized ways to effect normalization in ""crises"" of ""physical attractiveness"" and ""monogamy"" are examined in advice texts. These technologies and practices produce rewards of power for Subjection, and these powers are critically discussed in terms of (a) ""liberal"" / ""humanist"", ''feminist'' and ""Foucauldian"" strategies of women's empowerment, and (b) the formal dynamics and constraints of advice columns.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWilbraham, L. A. (1994). <i>Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7858en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWilbraham, Lindy Anne. <i>"Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7858en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWilbraham, L. 1994. Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wilbraham, Lindy Anne AB - This dissertation applies the theoretical ideas of Michel Foucault -viz. confession, surveillance and subjectivity - to advice columns from three South African women's magazines. An interpretative analysis effects of discourse, renders salient the relationship between knowledges, discursive practices, power and institutions. Using, as a standing point, Wendy Hollway's work on subject positioning of women in discourses concerning heterosexual relationship practice, the ways in which women are impelled to ""work"" in psychologized and medicalized ways to effect normalization in ""crises"" of ""physical attractiveness"" and ""monogamy"" are examined in advice texts. These technologies and practices produce rewards of power for Subjection, and these powers are critically discussed in terms of (a) ""liberal"" / ""humanist"", ''feminist'' and ""Foucauldian"" strategies of women's empowerment, and (b) the formal dynamics and constraints of advice columns. DA - 1994 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1994 T1 - Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns TI - Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7858 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7858
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWilbraham LA. Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1994 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7858en_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.otherResearch Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleConfession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columnsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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