Felicity Horne
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3923006 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Felicity Horne |
| PRENOMES | Felicity |
| SOBRENOME | Horne |
| ASSINATURA | HORNE F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of South Africa |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
South Africa's education crisis
Can personal narratives heal trauma? A consideration of testimonies given at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
This study investigates the therapeutic effects of narratives and linguistic expression in people who have suffered trauma. The kind of trauma considered is that which took place as a result of politically related violence in the South African liberation struggle, and the narratives and language discussed are selected from testimonies given during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Certain linguistic criteria identified by Pennebaker …
Angels of mercy or sullied whores
The phenomenon of HIV/AIDS is a global concern and is represented in many discourses. This article draws on several different kinds of discourse and explores how women, in particular, are constructed in the discourse of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The discourse is shown to be imbued with patriarchal values detrimental to women who have been represented dichotomously as “angels of mercy” or “sullied whores”. In a cross-disciplinary consideration of …
Slanguage and Aids in Africa
This article discusses AIDS-related slang in circulation in various African countries, venturing the view that the amount and range of slang on the subject could be a result of distinctive features of the phenomenon of HIV/AIDS: its relative newness; the fact that it is a remarkable occurrence that has had a devastating impact on many African communities; and the fact that it is a stigmatised condition. AIDS is strongly linked to sex and death, a…
What does Aids mean
This article is based on a reading of a selection of poetry on the subject of AIDS in southern Africa. The poems are discussed in loose groupings according to the metaphorical models on which they are based. Different meanings of AIDS are constructed depending on the way the pandemic is conceptualized through the metaphors which have been chosen to describe it. Some poems are linked to the apocalyptic model (“AIDS is death”); the racial model (“A…
What does Aids mean
This article is based on a reading of a selection of poetry on the subject of AIDS in southern Africa. The poems are discussed in loose groupings according to the metaphorical models on which they are based. Different meanings of AIDS are constructed depending on the way the pandemic is conceptualized through the metaphors which have been chosen to describe it. Some poems are linked to the apocalyptic model (“AIDS is death”); the racial model (“A…
Slanguage and Aids in Africa
This article discusses AIDS-related slang in circulation in various African countries, venturing the view that the amount and range of slang on the subject could be a result of distinctive features of the phenomenon of HIV/AIDS: its relative newness; the fact that it is a remarkable occurrence that has had a devastating impact on many African communities; and the fact that it is a stigmatised condition. AIDS is strongly linked to sex and death, a…
Angels of mercy or sullied whores
The phenomenon of HIV/AIDS is a global concern and is represented in many discourses. This article draws on several different kinds of discourse and explores how women, in particular, are constructed in the discourse of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The discourse is shown to be imbued with patriarchal values detrimental to women who have been represented dichotomously as “angels of mercy” or “sullied whores”. In a cross-disciplinary consideration of …
South Africa's education crisis
Can personal narratives heal trauma? A consideration of testimonies given at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
This study investigates the therapeutic effects of narratives and linguistic expression in people who have suffered trauma. The kind of trauma considered is that which took place as a result of politically related violence in the South African liberation struggle, and the narratives and language discussed are selected from testimonies given during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Certain linguistic criteria identified by Pennebaker …
Political science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Anthropology (3 obras) · Art (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Literature (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 obras)