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Text, Context, Intertext: Reading Zone 14 as Resistance Television in Postapartheid South Africa.

The article analyzes intertextual referenced texts used in the South African television drama series "Zone 14" to draw an association with themes of resistance in postapartheid South Africa. Topics discussed include fusion of realism and absurdism in "Zone 14's" intertextual reference to the theater...

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Published in:Intertexts Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 25 - 49
Main Author: Afrika, Lefa
Format: Article
Published: University of Nebraska Press Spring2024
Subjects:
Resistance to government
Intertextuality
Post-apartheid era
Social realism
Absurd (Philosophy)
Anti-apartheid movements
Television dramas
Zone 14 (TV program)
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Summary:The article analyzes intertextual referenced texts used in the South African television drama series "Zone 14" to draw an association with themes of resistance in postapartheid South Africa. Topics discussed include fusion of realism and absurdism in "Zone 14's" intertextual reference to the theater plays "Woza Albert!" and "Waiting for Godot," social condition in post-apartheid South Africa and intertextuality as a television production strategy used to challenge sociopolitical status quo.