Power, politics and the identity in South African media
Cape Town:
HSRC Press
(2008), vii, 403 pp., abbrev. p.vii
ISBN 978-0-7969-22202-1
"South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected here explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection, and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabloid newspapers. Interrogating contemporary theory, the authors shed new light on how identities are constructed through the media, and provide case studies that illustrate the complex process of identity renegotiation taking place currently in post-apartheid South Africa. The contributors include established scholars as well as many new voices. Collectively, they represent some of South Africas finest media analysts pooling skills to grapple with one of the countrys most vexing issues: who are we?" (Publisher)
Contents
1 Introduction, 1
IDENTITY IN THEORY
2 Media, youth, violence and identity in South Africa: A theoretical approach / Abebe Zegeye, 17
3 Essentialism in a South African discussion of language and culture / Kees van der Waal, 52
4 'National' public service broadcasting: Contradictions and dilemmas / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, 73
5 Field theory and tabloids / Ian Glenn and Angie Knaggs, 104
6 Identity in post-apartheid South Africa: 'Learning to belong' through the (commercial) media / Sonja Narunsky-Laden, 124
MEDIA RESTRUCTURING AND IDENTITY FORMATION AFTER APARTHEID
7 Finding a home in Afrikaans radio / Johannes Froneman, 151
8 The Daily Sun and post-apartheid identity / Nicola Jones, Yves Vanderhaegen and Dee Viney, 167
9 Online coloured identities: A virtual ethnography / Tanja Bosch, 184
10 The mass subject in Antjie Krogs Country of My Skull / Anthea Garman, 204
EXPRESSING IDENTITIES
11 Crime reporting: Meaning and identity-making in the South African press / Marguerite J. Moritz, 223
12 Afrikaner identity in a post-apartheid South Africa: the Self in terms of the Other / Wiida Fourie, 239
13 Foreign policy, identity and the media: Contestation over Zimbabwe / Anita Howarth, 290
14 Masculine ideals in post-apartheid South Africa: The rise of mens glossies / Stella Viljoen, 312
15 Tsotsis, Coconuts and Wiggers: Black masculinity and contemporary South African media / Jane Stadler, 343
16 The media and the Zuma/Zulu culture: An Afrocentric perspective / Simphiwe Sesanti, 364
17 He lova tata icova sesiya vela: Black masculinity and the tyranny of authenticity in SA popular culture / Adam Haupt, 378
IDENTITY IN THEORY
2 Media, youth, violence and identity in South Africa: A theoretical approach / Abebe Zegeye, 17
3 Essentialism in a South African discussion of language and culture / Kees van der Waal, 52
4 'National' public service broadcasting: Contradictions and dilemmas / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, 73
5 Field theory and tabloids / Ian Glenn and Angie Knaggs, 104
6 Identity in post-apartheid South Africa: 'Learning to belong' through the (commercial) media / Sonja Narunsky-Laden, 124
MEDIA RESTRUCTURING AND IDENTITY FORMATION AFTER APARTHEID
7 Finding a home in Afrikaans radio / Johannes Froneman, 151
8 The Daily Sun and post-apartheid identity / Nicola Jones, Yves Vanderhaegen and Dee Viney, 167
9 Online coloured identities: A virtual ethnography / Tanja Bosch, 184
10 The mass subject in Antjie Krogs Country of My Skull / Anthea Garman, 204
EXPRESSING IDENTITIES
11 Crime reporting: Meaning and identity-making in the South African press / Marguerite J. Moritz, 223
12 Afrikaner identity in a post-apartheid South Africa: the Self in terms of the Other / Wiida Fourie, 239
13 Foreign policy, identity and the media: Contestation over Zimbabwe / Anita Howarth, 290
14 Masculine ideals in post-apartheid South Africa: The rise of mens glossies / Stella Viljoen, 312
15 Tsotsis, Coconuts and Wiggers: Black masculinity and contemporary South African media / Jane Stadler, 343
16 The media and the Zuma/Zulu culture: An Afrocentric perspective / Simphiwe Sesanti, 364
17 He lova tata icova sesiya vela: Black masculinity and the tyranny of authenticity in SA popular culture / Adam Haupt, 378
