Spearheading debate : culture wars & uneasy truces /
Steven C. Dubin.
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago : : Jacana Media, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (346 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: How Do You Sing "Happy Birthday" to a King? ; Chapter 1: The Battle Within, Without, and Beyond: Culture Wars in a Globalised Perspective ; Chapter 2: Lost in Translation: What's in a Song? ; Chapter 3: Strange Brew: Stirring Colonialism, Apartheid and Tradition together in the Same Pot ; Chapter 4: Culture Club: Moffies, Baboons and Natives ; Chapter 5: The Sounds of Silence: Media Rights and Wrongs ; Chapter 6: Shame and Disgrace: The Arts, their Publics and Would-be Censors. - Chapter 7: Searching for a Hero: Reviving the Vanquished Conclusion: Rainbow's End? Yellow is the New Black ; Endnotes ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Back Cover. - As South Africa's democracy matures, this book raises pertinent questions: How does the state mediate between traditional tribal authority and constitutional law in matters such as initiation customs or the rights of women, children, and homosexual people?What are the limitations on artistic freedom in a society where sensitivities over colonial- and apartheid-era representations are acute? How does race open up discussions or close down dialogue and What are the parameters of freedom of speech when minorities fear that hateful language may trigger actual violence against them
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| ISBN | 1-4314-0738-0
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