Amanda Du Preez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4606538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Du Preez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Du Preez |
| SIGNATURE | DU PREEZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0403-115X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between Eco-Anxiety and Solastalgia: Aspirational and Exiled Astronaut Eco-Imaginaries
Although space travel is not often discussed in relation to the environmental crisis, it is proposed here that how the core agent of space travel, namely the astronaut, is imagined is of cardinal importance to environmental issues. Two astronaut types are identified in the analysis: the aspirational astronaut planning to escape Earth out of a looming sense of eco-anxiety amidst increasing signs of ecological disaster; and the exiled astronaut who…
Inter(facing) Personas
In this introductory essay to the special issue on “Persona and Inter(face)”, the problem of collapsing or imploding inter(faces) is explored. The basic argument is that the inter(face) needs to remain in-between or mediating between face and persona on the one hand, and digital technology on the other hand, for inter(facing) as an encounter to exist. The dilemma of the imploding inter(face) is discussed through the examples of the outdoor mirror…
Conversations and Marketing of Women’s ‘Thick’ in African Social Media Spaces: Implications for Health Communication on Overweight
A captivating advert for a body enhancement pill ran as '"Get thick"' potent weight gain pills with enhancement herbs for bigger butt". This advert captures the frenzy for 'thick' bodies that has gripped most African youths and self-mediated on social media platforms for various reasons that may include getting views, gaining popularity, enhancing sexual attractiveness and enhancing self-confidence, among many others. It is within this context th…
Art South Africa
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Memorandum: ’N verhaal in skilderye (Marlene van Niekerk en Adriaan van Zyl)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Woman today. A celebration: 50 Years of South African women (Hilary Reynolds and Nancy Richards)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Sublime selfies: To witness death
Selfies have become more dangerous than sharks, if the 15 reported selfie deaths in 2015 are compared to the eight shark attacks in the same year. Determining the exact parameters for a selfie death or death by selfie is difficult; in some cases, one may argue that the selfie is not the cause of death but in fact only occurs tragically before the event. The focus of this article falls on those selfies that were taken in pursuit of experiencing a …
Hysterical Representation in the Art of Mary Sibande
The character, Sophie, a domestic worker who is invariably deeply immersed in fantasy, appears throughout Mary Sibande’s oeuvre (ranging from Long Live the Dead Queen (2009), to the series, The Purple Shall Govern (2013, 2014)). Sophie is employed by the artist in order to engage with patriarchal and apartheid representations of black femininity, where it is particularly Sophie’s body which registers the traumatic impact of these systems. We cont…
The Marikana Massacre: Seeing it All
The Marikana massacre ruptured the South African sociopolitical horizon in August 2012. This analysis aims to expose or make visible the scopic regimes at work when interpreting the event. By referencing Judith Butler’s “frame theory” (2009) and Nicholas Mirzoeff’s “the right to look” (2011), the event is unpacked, among other things, as the volatile intersection of differing world views and technics of vision. Three scopic frames are used to int…
Re-imagining place, home and belonging Up in the Air
By offering a close reading of Jason Reitman’s film Up in the Air (2009), the demands on and \nthe invisibility of place, home and belonging in the contemporary moment of global mobility \nare explored. How do we re-imagine place, home and belonging in the ‘mobility turn’ and, \nin particular, mass commercial air travel? By examining the interrelated relationship between \nplace and non-place, mobility and immobility, home and the homeless, flux …
Remembering Juliet Armstrong
Material girls’: Lingering in the presence of the material sublime
By exploring selected, recent works produced by, amongst others, South African artists Zanele Muholi, Nandipha Mntambo, Tracey Rose and Leora Farber, I aim to trace a possible resurgence of the real through the depiction of the corporeal in their work. The artists have been selected because their works provide a fecundity of ‘corporeal realness’ or corpo(real)ity. The exploration is further layered by inquiring how the resurgence of the real corr…
Through the Empire's Eyes: Engaging the Gaze
The empire of visuality is said to have eyes everywhere, but what are the consequences for embodied locality in terms of this omnipresence? How do the objects that fall prey to the gaze of the empire engage with its petrifying gaze? By exploring the photography of the Brazilian Mário de Andrade, the Frenchman Marc Garanger and the South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, the challenge to the gaze of the empire is discussed. The Barthesian disti…
Rekspring en die eKstreme sublieme
This article traces the relation between bungee jumping as extreme sport and the experience culture that we live in. It is argued that the sublime has been commodified to suit consumers' preferences and choices. The higher the bridge or drop the more enticing and challenging the jump. The sublime experience of bungee jumping has been reduced to a "drug" that can be induced whenever a quick fix of adrenaline is needed. The difference between the K…
Putting on appearances: Mimetic representations of hysteria
(2004). Putting on appearances: Mimetic representations of hysteria. de arte: Vol. 39, No. 69, pp. 47-61
No more I love yous’: Moving into the twilight zone with Tracy Payne's gender-(in)betweeners
(1997). ‘No more I love yous’: moving into the twilight zone with Tracy Payne's gender-(in)betweeners. de arte: Vol. 32, No. 56, pp. 29-39
The Marikana Massacre: Seeing it All
The Marikana massacre ruptured the South African sociopolitical horizon in August 2012. This analysis aims to expose or make visible the scopic regimes at work when interpreting the event. By referencing Judith Butler’s “frame theory” (2009) and Nicholas Mirzoeff’s “the right to look” (2011), the event is unpacked, among other things, as the volatile intersection of differing world views and technics of vision. Three scopic frames are used to int…
No more I love yous’: Moving into the twilight zone with Tracy Payne's gender-(in)betweeners
(1997). ‘No more I love yous’: moving into the twilight zone with Tracy Payne's gender-(in)betweeners. de arte: Vol. 32, No. 56, pp. 29-39
Rekspring en die eKstreme sublieme
This article traces the relation between bungee jumping as extreme sport and the experience culture that we live in. It is argued that the sublime has been commodified to suit consumers' preferences and choices. The higher the bridge or drop the more enticing and challenging the jump. The sublime experience of bungee jumping has been reduced to a "drug" that can be induced whenever a quick fix of adrenaline is needed. The difference between the K…
Putting on appearances: Mimetic representations of hysteria
(2004). Putting on appearances: Mimetic representations of hysteria. de arte: Vol. 39, No. 69, pp. 47-61
Through the Empire's Eyes: Engaging the Gaze
The empire of visuality is said to have eyes everywhere, but what are the consequences for embodied locality in terms of this omnipresence? How do the objects that fall prey to the gaze of the empire engage with its petrifying gaze? By exploring the photography of the Brazilian Mário de Andrade, the Frenchman Marc Garanger and the South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, the challenge to the gaze of the empire is discussed. The Barthesian disti…
Material girls’: Lingering in the presence of the material sublime
By exploring selected, recent works produced by, amongst others, South African artists Zanele Muholi, Nandipha Mntambo, Tracey Rose and Leora Farber, I aim to trace a possible resurgence of the real through the depiction of the corporeal in their work. The artists have been selected because their works provide a fecundity of ‘corporeal realness’ or corpo(real)ity. The exploration is further layered by inquiring how the resurgence of the real corr…
Remembering Juliet Armstrong
The Marikana Massacre: Seeing it All
The Marikana massacre ruptured the South African sociopolitical horizon in August 2012. This analysis aims to expose or make visible the scopic regimes at work when interpreting the event. By referencing Judith Butler’s “frame theory” (2009) and Nicholas Mirzoeff’s “the right to look” (2011), the event is unpacked, among other things, as the volatile intersection of differing world views and technics of vision. Three scopic frames are used to int…
Re-imagining place, home and belonging Up in the Air
By offering a close reading of Jason Reitman’s film Up in the Air (2009), the demands on and \nthe invisibility of place, home and belonging in the contemporary moment of global mobility \nare explored. How do we re-imagine place, home and belonging in the ‘mobility turn’ and, \nin particular, mass commercial air travel? By examining the interrelated relationship between \nplace and non-place, mobility and immobility, home and the homeless, flux …
Sublime selfies: To witness death
Selfies have become more dangerous than sharks, if the 15 reported selfie deaths in 2015 are compared to the eight shark attacks in the same year. Determining the exact parameters for a selfie death or death by selfie is difficult; in some cases, one may argue that the selfie is not the cause of death but in fact only occurs tragically before the event. The focus of this article falls on those selfies that were taken in pursuit of experiencing a …
Hysterical Representation in the Art of Mary Sibande
The character, Sophie, a domestic worker who is invariably deeply immersed in fantasy, appears throughout Mary Sibande’s oeuvre (ranging from Long Live the Dead Queen (2009), to the series, The Purple Shall Govern (2013, 2014)). Sophie is employed by the artist in order to engage with patriarchal and apartheid representations of black femininity, where it is particularly Sophie’s body which registers the traumatic impact of these systems. We cont…
Art South Africa
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Memorandum: ’N verhaal in skilderye (Marlene van Niekerk en Adriaan van Zyl)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Woman today. A celebration: 50 Years of South African women (Hilary Reynolds and Nancy Richards)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Inter(facing) Personas
In this introductory essay to the special issue on “Persona and Inter(face)”, the problem of collapsing or imploding inter(faces) is explored. The basic argument is that the inter(face) needs to remain in-between or mediating between face and persona on the one hand, and digital technology on the other hand, for inter(facing) as an encounter to exist. The dilemma of the imploding inter(face) is discussed through the examples of the outdoor mirror…
Conversations and Marketing of Women’s ‘Thick’ in African Social Media Spaces: Implications for Health Communication on Overweight
A captivating advert for a body enhancement pill ran as '"Get thick"' potent weight gain pills with enhancement herbs for bigger butt". This advert captures the frenzy for 'thick' bodies that has gripped most African youths and self-mediated on social media platforms for various reasons that may include getting views, gaining popularity, enhancing sexual attractiveness and enhancing self-confidence, among many others. It is within this context th…
Between Eco-Anxiety and Solastalgia: Aspirational and Exiled Astronaut Eco-Imaginaries
Although space travel is not often discussed in relation to the environmental crisis, it is proposed here that how the core agent of space travel, namely the astronaut, is imagined is of cardinal importance to environmental issues. Two astronaut types are identified in the analysis: the aspirational astronaut planning to escape Earth out of a looming sense of eco-anxiety amidst increasing signs of ecological disaster; and the exiled astronaut who…
Art (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Aesthetics (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)