Lauren van Vuuren
Biographic Data
| ID | 6298678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren van Vuuren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | van Vuuren |
| SIGNATURE | VAN VUUREN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘And he said they were Ju/Wasi, the people…’
This article is an examination of a filmmaker whose films have captured and collided with fragments of southern African history over half a century. The filmmaking of pioneering, American documentary filmmaker John Marshall constitutes a 50-year filmic record of the Ju/Wasi Bushmen of northern Namibia. Marshall's films reflect history by recording the physical, political and social changes amongst a group of people from the 1950s up until, and in…
Views on the Past
The book is a two-way interrogation that examines both the way some historians relate to film as a tool of their trade and an assessment of the filmic medium as a means of telling history. It is this (perhaps unintended) tension between a group of historians and a group of films that makes this book both intriguing and challenging fare. The book covers a broad swathe of African history, both chronologically and geographically
The Many Myths of Laurens van der Post
(2003). The Many Myths of Laurens van der Post: Van der Post and Bushmen in the Television Series Lost World of Kalahari (1958) South African Historical Journal: Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 47-60
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The Many Myths of Laurens van der Post
(2003). The Many Myths of Laurens van der Post: Van der Post and Bushmen in the Television Series Lost World of Kalahari (1958) South African Historical Journal: Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 47-60
Views on the Past
The book is a two-way interrogation that examines both the way some historians relate to film as a tool of their trade and an assessment of the filmic medium as a means of telling history. It is this (perhaps unintended) tension between a group of historians and a group of films that makes this book both intriguing and challenging fare. The book covers a broad swathe of African history, both chronologically and geographically
‘And he said they were Ju/Wasi, the people…’
This article is an examination of a filmmaker whose films have captured and collided with fragments of southern African history over half a century. The filmmaking of pioneering, American documentary filmmaker John Marshall constitutes a 50-year filmic record of the Ju/Wasi Bushmen of northern Namibia. Marshall's films reflect history by recording the physical, political and social changes amongst a group of people from the 1950s up until, and in…
African history and culture studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Political science (2 works)