Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality'

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dc.contributor.advisorHiggins, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Roberten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T13:33:33Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T13:33:33Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis carries out an interdisciplinary textual analysis of the legal documents (primarily contracts and court documents) used to negotiate and fix the terms of the statutory land restitution process in District Six, Cape Town, during the period from 1996 to 2012. Utilizing French philosopher Michel Foucault's theorisation of 'discourse' and 'governmentality', it traces the interweaving of restitution's legislative concepts with heterogeneous political and cultural discourses emanating from District Six's unique history. It is argued that the hybridised configurations of discourse generated by this encounter serve as new instruments of power in the space of this restitution project, lending themselves to a range unintended and sometimes paradoxical material outcomes.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMacdonald, R. (2012). <i>Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality'</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11693en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMacdonald, Robert. <i>"Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality'."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11693en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMacdonald, R. 2012. Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality'. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Macdonald, Robert AB - This thesis carries out an interdisciplinary textual analysis of the legal documents (primarily contracts and court documents) used to negotiate and fix the terms of the statutory land restitution process in District Six, Cape Town, during the period from 1996 to 2012. Utilizing French philosopher Michel Foucault's theorisation of 'discourse' and 'governmentality', it traces the interweaving of restitution's legislative concepts with heterogeneous political and cultural discourses emanating from District Six's unique history. It is argued that the hybridised configurations of discourse generated by this encounter serve as new instruments of power in the space of this restitution project, lending themselves to a range unintended and sometimes paradoxical material outcomes. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality' TI - Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality' UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11693 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11693
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMacdonald R. Reading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality'. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11693en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglishen_ZA
dc.titleReading restitution in District Six: law, discourse and 'governmentality'en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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