"Popular Culture in South Africa: The Limits of Black Identity in ""Drum"" Magazine"
David, Stephen Morris
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Title
"Popular Culture in South Africa: The Limits of Black Identity in ""Drum"" Magazine"
Author(s)
David, Stephen Morris
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Zohreh T. Sullivan
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Black Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
In my reflection, I consider how commoditized cultural images from a black diaspora extend the imaginative capacity of black South Africans to construct new identities. I argue that a black identity connects to a black diasporic identity and to an abstract modern identity. It finds its cultural recognition in a systemic frame that is wider than South Africa. And within this system, the black identity affirms a cultural closeness of meaning between black and white. In the popular imagination, images of style, that contrast sharply with black material conditions, register an undeniable claim to equal cultural value with other modern cultural identities.
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