Hannelie Marx Knoetze
Biographic Data
| ID | 6003525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannelie Marx Knoetze |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannelie Marx |
| FAMILY NAME | Knoetze |
| SIGNATURE | KNOETZE H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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…
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…
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,…
Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Flemish (2 works) · Hegemony (2 works)