Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Boonzaier, Emile"
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Checking the Kulcha: Local discourse of culture in the Kavango region of Namibia
Akuupa, Michael Uusiku (University of Westen Cape, 2006)This thesis makes an ethnographic contribution to the anthropological debates about the contested nature of ‘culture’ as a central term in the discipline. It examines discourses as tools that create, recreate, modify and ... -
Cultural production and the struggle for authenticity : a Study of the Rastafarian student organization at the University of the Western Cape
Riddles, Alton (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This thesis explores the precarious nature of authenticity as it manifested itself in the activities of H.I.M. Society, the Rastafarian student organization at the University of the Western Cape. Ethnographic research was ... -
The production of local art for a global cultural market in contemporary Mozambique
Matsinhe, Sebastiao Filipe (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This thesis examines the production of commercial art in contemporary Mozambique. It explores the power relationship between local artists – painters and sculptors – and their patrons and brokers in the art market. This ...