Hannelie Marx-Knoetze
Biographic Data
| ID | 6003417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannelie Marx-Knoetze |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannelie |
| FAMILY NAME | Marx-Knoetze |
| SIGNATURE | MARX-KNOETZE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8849-3724 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We Want to See What You Do
Fertile Ground
Yellowstone is an American, contemporary Western primetime television series which has evolved into a cultural phenomenon. In this article, we critically read purposive samples from this popular cultural text through the prism of the plaasroman (Afrikaans farm novel), a seminal subgenre in Afrikaans literature. Through an analysis of a range of tropes, we identify similarities between these seemingly disparate genres in terms of the representatio…
To listen with decolonial ears
In this article, we canvass some of the ideas around Hein Willemse’s focus on hidden histories, conscious oppositionality, and literature that falls outside the canon, which began to coalesce following contemporary calls for decolonial approaches in the (South) African academy. While the decolonial turn has focused attention on shared histories within Global South contexts, it is through Willemse’s postcolonial teachings that we first came to und…
Romanticising the “ Boer”
In this article, I present a critical reading of a purposive sample of popular cultural expressions from various sites as they relate to the emergence of narratives of white victimhood in South Africa. The particular focus falls on the resurgence of nostalgic appropriations of the construct of the Afrikaner Boer imaginary, and the concomitant utopian farm ideal. The argument is that this resurgence, in conjunction with popularised, yet unfounded,…
Who Feels at Home? Whiteness and the Politics of Belonging in the Flemish Soap Opera Thuis
Despite concerted efforts to move towards an inclusive, hybrid and intercultural identity, discourses about “Flemishness” today tend to be dominated by “adaptation” and an “Us-Them” ideology. Within these discourses race remains largely unnamed and—instead of skin colour—notions of citizenship, national identity, Western superiority and civilisation are referenced when it comes to belonging. However—despite this reluctance to reference race—white…
Belonging in Thuis and 7de Laan
Within the South African and Belgian contexts, Public Service Television remains a key role player in the dissemination of ideas around national identity. Moreover, whiteness manifests as one aspect of national identity in both contexts and remains (to differing degrees) a normative construction. This article presents the findings of a controlled case comparison of a sample from two community soap operas (7de Laan and Thuis, broadcast by the Sout…
Negotiating national unity and diversity in public broadcasting
In the context of globalization, national unity or identity are problematic and even contested concepts. The inherent diversity of most nations, furthermore, complicates the notion of a national unity or identity. Within this struggle to define the nation, mass media are generally regarded as playing an important role in ideas around nationhood. This article explores contemporary struggles to define ‘the nation’ as unified by comparing the divers…
Who Feels at Home? Whiteness and the Politics of Belonging in the Flemish Soap Opera Thuis
Despite concerted efforts to move towards an inclusive, hybrid and intercultural identity, discourses about “Flemishness” today tend to be dominated by “adaptation” and an “Us-Them” ideology. Within these discourses race remains largely unnamed and—instead of skin colour—notions of citizenship, national identity, Western superiority and civilisation are referenced when it comes to belonging. However—despite this reluctance to reference race—white…
Negotiating national unity and diversity in public broadcasting
In the context of globalization, national unity or identity are problematic and even contested concepts. The inherent diversity of most nations, furthermore, complicates the notion of a national unity or identity. Within this struggle to define the nation, mass media are generally regarded as playing an important role in ideas around nationhood. This article explores contemporary struggles to define ‘the nation’ as unified by comparing the divers…
Negotiating national unity and diversity in public broadcasting
In the context of globalization, national unity or identity are problematic and even contested concepts. The inherent diversity of most nations, furthermore, complicates the notion of a national unity or identity. Within this struggle to define the nation, mass media are generally regarded as playing an important role in ideas around nationhood. This article explores contemporary struggles to define ‘the nation’ as unified by comparing the divers…
Who Feels at Home? Whiteness and the Politics of Belonging in the Flemish Soap Opera Thuis
Despite concerted efforts to move towards an inclusive, hybrid and intercultural identity, discourses about “Flemishness” today tend to be dominated by “adaptation” and an “Us-Them” ideology. Within these discourses race remains largely unnamed and—instead of skin colour—notions of citizenship, national identity, Western superiority and civilisation are referenced when it comes to belonging. However—despite this reluctance to reference race—white…
Belonging in Thuis and 7de Laan
Within the South African and Belgian contexts, Public Service Television remains a key role player in the dissemination of ideas around national identity. Moreover, whiteness manifests as one aspect of national identity in both contexts and remains (to differing degrees) a normative construction. This article presents the findings of a controlled case comparison of a sample from two community soap operas (7de Laan and Thuis, broadcast by the Sout…
Romanticising the “ Boer”
In this article, I present a critical reading of a purposive sample of popular cultural expressions from various sites as they relate to the emergence of narratives of white victimhood in South Africa. The particular focus falls on the resurgence of nostalgic appropriations of the construct of the Afrikaner Boer imaginary, and the concomitant utopian farm ideal. The argument is that this resurgence, in conjunction with popularised, yet unfounded,…
To listen with decolonial ears
In this article, we canvass some of the ideas around Hein Willemse’s focus on hidden histories, conscious oppositionality, and literature that falls outside the canon, which began to coalesce following contemporary calls for decolonial approaches in the (South) African academy. While the decolonial turn has focused attention on shared histories within Global South contexts, it is through Willemse’s postcolonial teachings that we first came to und…
Fertile Ground
Yellowstone is an American, contemporary Western primetime television series which has evolved into a cultural phenomenon. In this article, we critically read purposive samples from this popular cultural text through the prism of the plaasroman (Afrikaans farm novel), a seminal subgenre in Afrikaans literature. Through an analysis of a range of tropes, we identify similarities between these seemingly disparate genres in terms of the representatio…
We Want to See What You Do
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works)