Gairoonisa Paleker
Biographic Data
| ID | 136296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gairoonisa Paleker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gairoonisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Paleker |
| SIGNATURE | PALEKER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rhizome networks
Turmeric has a long history of use in South and Southeast Asia going back thousands of years. Its first known reference is found in the Atharva Veda, one of the four Vedic texts of Hinduism. In Sanskrit it has over fifty names based on its use in cuisine, cosmetics, folk medicine, as dye and in Hindu cultural and religious rituals. Turmeric is also gendered in Sanskrit; it is feminised as gauri (to make fair, also a woman’s name), jayanti (winnin…
These things happen”
In August 2017, the South African advocacy group Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT) launched the #ThatsNotOk campaign, which has to date produced six episodes of short films (one episode in two parts, making it seven in total) elucidating the different forms sexual harassment takes, and the different scenarios in which it occurs, in the South African film and television industries. This profile engages with SWIFT and the Public Servic…
The State, Citizens and Control
The period between Union in 1910 and the inception of apartheid in 1948 was an important stage in building a South African nation and national identity. In the context of racial segregation, this South African nation and national identity was white: ‘Boer and Brit’, to be more precise. Film was an important component of building English–Afrikaner national identity and unity. Black people in general and Africans in particular stood outside this na…
On the Town and Underworld in South Africa
Representations of urban Africans in ‘black films’ have kept pace with changing apartheid policies and legislation governing the migration of Africans to South African urban centres. ‘Black films’ have gone from depicting Africans in urban centres as an undifferentiated mass to more nuanced and complex representations that reflect a changing society. However, what has remained constant in all the films discussed in this paper is the thematic preo…
Ethnic Films’ for Ethnic Homelands
The'black film industry' was established in 1 1James Murray uses the term ‘ethnic cinema’ in his chapter ‘Ethnic Cinema: How Greed Killed the Industry’, in Blignaut, J. and Botha, M., eds, Movies, Moguls and Mavericks: South African Cinema 1979–1991 (Cape Town: Showdata, 1992). South Africa in the early 1970s following the introduction of a differential state subsidy for film production in African languages. This paper is a critical examination o…
The B-Scheme subsidy and the 'black film industry' in apartheid South Africa, 1972-1990
The emergence of a 'black film industry' in apartheid South Africa is inextricably linked to the introduction of a differential state subsidy for film production. This subsidy, known as the B-Scheme in order to distinguish it from the general or A-Scheme subsidy, was introduced in 1972–1973. The B-Scheme was specifically for the production of films in an African language with a majority African cast and intended for a mass African audience. The '…
The B-Scheme subsidy and the 'black film industry' in apartheid South Africa, 1972-1990
The emergence of a 'black film industry' in apartheid South Africa is inextricably linked to the introduction of a differential state subsidy for film production. This subsidy, known as the B-Scheme in order to distinguish it from the general or A-Scheme subsidy, was introduced in 1972–1973. The B-Scheme was specifically for the production of films in an African language with a majority African cast and intended for a mass African audience. The '…
Ethnic Films’ for Ethnic Homelands
The'black film industry' was established in 1 1James Murray uses the term ‘ethnic cinema’ in his chapter ‘Ethnic Cinema: How Greed Killed the Industry’, in Blignaut, J. and Botha, M., eds, Movies, Moguls and Mavericks: South African Cinema 1979–1991 (Cape Town: Showdata, 1992). South Africa in the early 1970s following the introduction of a differential state subsidy for film production in African languages. This paper is a critical examination o…
The State, Citizens and Control
The period between Union in 1910 and the inception of apartheid in 1948 was an important stage in building a South African nation and national identity. In the context of racial segregation, this South African nation and national identity was white: ‘Boer and Brit’, to be more precise. Film was an important component of building English–Afrikaner national identity and unity. Black people in general and Africans in particular stood outside this na…
These things happen”
In August 2017, the South African advocacy group Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT) launched the #ThatsNotOk campaign, which has to date produced six episodes of short films (one episode in two parts, making it seven in total) elucidating the different forms sexual harassment takes, and the different scenarios in which it occurs, in the South African film and television industries. This profile engages with SWIFT and the Public Servic…
On the Town and Underworld in South Africa
Representations of urban Africans in ‘black films’ have kept pace with changing apartheid policies and legislation governing the migration of Africans to South African urban centres. ‘Black films’ have gone from depicting Africans in urban centres as an undifferentiated mass to more nuanced and complex representations that reflect a changing society. However, what has remained constant in all the films discussed in this paper is the thematic preo…
The B-Scheme subsidy and the 'black film industry' in apartheid South Africa, 1972-1990
The emergence of a 'black film industry' in apartheid South Africa is inextricably linked to the introduction of a differential state subsidy for film production. This subsidy, known as the B-Scheme in order to distinguish it from the general or A-Scheme subsidy, was introduced in 1972–1973. The B-Scheme was specifically for the production of films in an African language with a majority African cast and intended for a mass African audience. The '…
On the Town and Underworld in South Africa
Representations of urban Africans in ‘black films’ have kept pace with changing apartheid policies and legislation governing the migration of Africans to South African urban centres. ‘Black films’ have gone from depicting Africans in urban centres as an undifferentiated mass to more nuanced and complex representations that reflect a changing society. However, what has remained constant in all the films discussed in this paper is the thematic preo…
Ethnic Films’ for Ethnic Homelands
The'black film industry' was established in 1 1James Murray uses the term ‘ethnic cinema’ in his chapter ‘Ethnic Cinema: How Greed Killed the Industry’, in Blignaut, J. and Botha, M., eds, Movies, Moguls and Mavericks: South African Cinema 1979–1991 (Cape Town: Showdata, 1992). South Africa in the early 1970s following the introduction of a differential state subsidy for film production in African languages. This paper is a critical examination o…
The State, Citizens and Control
The period between Union in 1910 and the inception of apartheid in 1948 was an important stage in building a South African nation and national identity. In the context of racial segregation, this South African nation and national identity was white: ‘Boer and Brit’, to be more precise. Film was an important component of building English–Afrikaner national identity and unity. Black people in general and Africans in particular stood outside this na…
These things happen”
In August 2017, the South African advocacy group Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT) launched the #ThatsNotOk campaign, which has to date produced six episodes of short films (one episode in two parts, making it seven in total) elucidating the different forms sexual harassment takes, and the different scenarios in which it occurs, in the South African film and television industries. This profile engages with SWIFT and the Public Servic…
Rhizome networks
Turmeric has a long history of use in South and Southeast Asia going back thousands of years. Its first known reference is found in the Atharva Veda, one of the four Vedic texts of Hinduism. In Sanskrit it has over fifty names based on its use in cuisine, cosmetics, folk medicine, as dye and in Hindu cultural and religious rituals. Turmeric is also gendered in Sanskrit; it is feminised as gauri (to make fair, also a woman’s name), jayanti (winnin…
Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works)