The viewer as conscript : dynamic struggles for ideological supremacy in the South African Border War film, 1971-1988

The viewer as conscript : dynamic struggles for ideological supremacy in the South African Border War film, 1971-1988

Includes bibliographical references. === Fourteen South African films made between 1971 and 1988, and dealing with the Border War, are examined. The focus of this examination is on the ways in which films were used to persuade the white public to accept the legitimacy of the Border War. The period u...

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Main Author: Craig, Dylan
Other Authors: Bickford-Smith, Vivian
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Subjects:
Historical Studies
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10300
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-103002020-10-06T05:11:07Z The viewer as conscript : dynamic struggles for ideological supremacy in the South African Border War film, 1971-1988 Craig, Dylan Bickford-Smith, Vivian Historical Studies Includes bibliographical references. Fourteen South African films made between 1971 and 1988, and dealing with the Border War, are examined. The focus of this examination is on the ways in which films were used to persuade the white public to accept the legitimacy of the Border War. The period under examination is one during which the Apartheid government moved South African society ever closer to what has been termed a 'garrison state'. Rather than following the approach indicated by the notion of 'film as history', the current work attempts to use films as sources of data to explicate the nature of the ideological manipulation at stake in each case. 2014-12-27T19:50:04Z 2014-12-27T19:50:04Z 2003 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10300 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Humanities Department of Historical Studies
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The viewer as conscript : dynamic struggles for ideological supremacy in the South African Border War film, 1971-1988
description Includes bibliographical references. === Fourteen South African films made between 1971 and 1988, and dealing with the Border War, are examined. The focus of this examination is on the ways in which films were used to persuade the white public to accept the legitimacy of the Border War. The period under examination is one during which the Apartheid government moved South African society ever closer to what has been termed a 'garrison state'. Rather than following the approach indicated by the notion of 'film as history', the current work attempts to use films as sources of data to explicate the nature of the ideological manipulation at stake in each case.
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