Belonging in Thuis and 7de Laan: a critical whiteness studies perspective.
Within both the South African and Belgian contexts whiteness manifests as one aspect of national identity and remains (to differing degrees) a normative construction. This article presents the findings of a controlled case comparison of a sample from two community soap operas, 7de Laan and Thuis, br...
| Publicado en: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 21 - 39 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=132304131&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 132304131 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0041476X 162I jtl: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde issn: 0041476X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 55 iid: 2 pid: 71603 pub: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde artinfo: ui: 132304131 10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i2.1885 ppf: 21 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 7.8MB tig: atl: Belonging in Thuis and 7de Laan: a critical whiteness studies perspective. aug: au: Knoetze, Hannelie Marx affil: Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa su: 7de Laan (TV program) Television soap operas Racial identity of white people Nationalism South Africa sug: subj: South Africa 7de Laan (TV program) Television soap operas Racial identity of white people Nationalism keyword: 7de Laan community soap opera controlled case comparison critical whiteness studies politics of belonging Thuis whiteness ab: Within both the South African and Belgian contexts whiteness manifests as one aspect of national identity and remains (to differing degrees) a normative construction. This article presents the findings of a controlled case comparison of a sample from two community soap operas, 7de Laan and Thuis, broadcast by the South African (SABC) and Flemish (VRT) Public Service Broadcasters respectively, from the perspective of critical whiteness studies. I contend that whiteness functions as an organising principle in the narratives of both soap operas. The goal of this comparative analysis was an investigation into the ways in which whiteness is constructed and positioned in these texts and the implications this has for the politics of belonging. Despite several similarities between the two contexts, they differ significantly, and this created an opportunity to highlight both the consistencies and particularities in the ideological patterning of representations of whiteness, across seemingly unrelated domains, to illustrate its pervasiveness. Notwithstanding their disparate origins, the analysis revealed three rhetorical devices which function to maintain whiteness as hegemonic ideology in both texts. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is the property of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde holder: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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