Bang-Bang Has Been Good to Us
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2352330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (0000-0002-0598-1958, University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 214-237 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276410383711 |
| OpenAlex | W2009937876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article considers the changing perceptions, expressions and representations of violence in South Africa post-1994, with particular reference to photography. Following the evolution of the documentary tradition in its relationship to the political history of South Africa, I will suggest that since the release of Nelson Mandela and the first democratic elections in South Africa, photography has taken a new turn, particularly with regard to its representation of violence, which had been its primary iconography up to that watershed moment. I will follow three arguments (from Sartre, Benjamin and Mbembe) in my explication of the ways in which violence has both altered South African society and assumed a different place in the collective mind of South Africans living in a country that is politically free but grappling with an ever-rising wave of violent crime
Art · Art history · Democracy · Epistemology · Explication · Iconography · Photography · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |