Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war

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dc.contributor.authorLazenby, Nicolaen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
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dc.description.abstract[W]hile the image of the SADF as a heinous perpetrator of Apartheid violence is undeniable, it is being complicated by the emergence of a range of recent cultural productions. Using Jacqui Thompson’s collection of SADF memoirs, An Unpopular War: From Afkak to Bosbefok (2006), and the revival of Anthony Akerman’s play, Somewhere on the Border (2012), this thesis explores how these cultural productions assert an alternative, individual, and humanised rendering of the SADF soldiers who experienced the Border War. The attempt to render these soldiers in an alternative light signals an anxiety regarding the way the SADF is remembered in contemporary South Africa. This anxiety resonates with broader issues of the role of “victimhood” in South Africa’s national identity in the aftermath of Apartheid.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLazenby, N. (2012). <i>Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12031en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLazenby, Nicola. <i>"Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12031en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLazenby, N. 2012. Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lazenby, Nicola AB - [W]hile the image of the SADF as a heinous perpetrator of Apartheid violence is undeniable, it is being complicated by the emergence of a range of recent cultural productions. Using Jacqui Thompson’s collection of SADF memoirs, An Unpopular War: From Afkak to Bosbefok (2006), and the revival of Anthony Akerman’s play, Somewhere on the Border (2012), this thesis explores how these cultural productions assert an alternative, individual, and humanised rendering of the SADF soldiers who experienced the Border War. The attempt to render these soldiers in an alternative light signals an anxiety regarding the way the SADF is remembered in contemporary South Africa. This anxiety resonates with broader issues of the role of “victimhood” in South Africa’s national identity in the aftermath of Apartheid. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war TI - Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12031 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12031
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLazenby N. Afterlives: resurrecting the South African border war. [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/11427/12031en_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.otherEnglish Literature and Modernityen_ZA
dc.titleAfterlives: resurrecting the South African border waren_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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