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Reimagining diversity in post-apartheid Observatory, Cape Town: a discourse analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The focus of the thesis is conceptually-based and problematizes the notion of a
transformed society while addressing and evaluating its meaning in the multicultural
post-apartheid neighbourhood of Observatory, Cape Town. ...
The Zimbabwean threat: media representations of immigrants in the South African media
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis is a multimodal discourse analysis of the media representations of Zimbabwean immigrants in the South African media. The aim of the investigation is to illustrate how Zimbabwean immigration and Zimbabwean ...
Whiteness and the narration of self: an exploration of whiteness in post-apartheid literary narratives by South African journalists
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Drawing on broader discussions that attempt to envision new ways of negotiating identity, nationalism and race in a post-colonial, post-apartheid South Africa, this thesis examines how whiteness is constructed and negotiated ...
Multilingualism in late-modern Cape Town : a focus on Popular Spaces of Hip-Hop and Tshisa-Nyama
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In highly mobile societies, the voice and agency of speakers will differ across contexts depending on the linking of forms and functions. This thesis is thus about the complexities introduced to the notion of (form-function ...