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Bloodlines, borderlines, shadowlines : forms of belonging in contemporary literature from partition areasSalmi, Charlotta January 2012 (has links)
This thesis explores cosmopolitan and humanist literary interventions by Palestinian, Israeli, Indian and Pakistani writers to the rise of ‘ethnically’ defined cultural and political narratives of community. It uses a comparative framework to look at contemporary authors such as Amitav Ghosh, Raja Shehadeh, Kamila Shamsie, Uzma Aslam Khan and David Grossman, who deconstruct the biologically defined border as a repressive literary, cultural and political metaphor in favour of more open-ended categories of identity and community. I argue that in deconstructing the epistemology of the exclusive boundary through cosmopolitan and humanist philosophies, these international writers demonstrate the impossibility of shedding all borders in their own work. Their ‘borderless’ aesthetic that constantly conjures the border is thus indicative of the interrelated nature of cosmopolitan and sectarian identities in a globalized modernity. Moreover, it is suggestive of the ambivalent relationship between politically-conscious postcolonial texts (which draw political lines) and the emerging field of World literature that is coming to be defined by its ability to appeal to the 'universal'.
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Visual consumption : an exploration of narrative and nostalgia in contemporary South African cookbooksEngelbrecht, Francois Roelof January 2013 (has links)
This study explores the visual consumption of food and its meanings through
the study of narrative and nostalgia in a selection of five South African
cookbooks. The aim of this study is to suggest, through the exploration of
various cookbook narratives and the role that nostalgia plays in individual and
collective identity formation and maintenance, that food, as symbolic goods, can
act as a unifying ideology in the construction of a sense of national identity and
nationhood. This is made relevant in a South African context through the
analysis of a cross-section of five recent South African cookbooks. These are
Shiny happy people (2009) by Neil Roake; Waar vye nog soet is (2009) by
Emilia Le Roux and Francois Smuts; Evita’s kossie sikelela (2010) by Evita
Bezuidenhout (Pieter-Dirk Uys); Tortoises & tumbleweeds (journey through an
African kitchen) (2008) by Lannice Snyman; and South Africa eats (2009) by
Phillippa Cheifitz.
In order to gain an understanding of cookbooks’ significance in modern culture,
it is necessary to understand that cookbooks – as postmodern texts – carry
meaning and cultural significance. Through the exploration of cookbooks, as
material objects of culture, one is also able to explore non-material items of
culture such as the society’s knowledge, beliefs and values. Other key concepts
to this study include the global growth of interest in food; the shift from the
physical consumption of food to the visual consumption thereof; the roles that consumption, narrative and nostalgia play in constructing and maintaining
personal and collective identities; and the role of food as a unifying ideology in
the construction of a sense of nationhood. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Visual Arts / unrestricted
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Toryism reconstructed : the relationship between T.C. Haliburton's The Clockmaker and Canadian ImperialistsAura, Patrick 12 1900 (has links)
Utilisant « The Clockmaker » de Thomas Chandler Haliburton, cette étude examine
comment la littérature informe notre compréhension du passé et les idées du présent. Ceci est une
analyse des façons que le conservatisme de certains « Impérialistes canadiens » du XIXe siècle
(Stephen Leacock, G.M. Grant, Andrew Macphail), des idéologues imaginant un rôle plus
important pour le Canada au sein de l'Empire britannique, était influencé par celui présenté dans
«The Clockmaker». Ce travail propose que l’ouvrage, problématique aujourd’hui, est tout de
même important à analyser pour sa popularité et son influence dans le passé, ainsi que pour avoir
contribué à faire revivre – grâce à sa rhétorique satirique, ses caricatures, et un style politisé – un
conservatisme mourant que les Impérialistes ont ensuite adoptés. Cela a permis aux Impérialistes
de développer une vision du Canada conforme à leur époque tout en s'appuyant sur un élément
conservateur avec un fondement établi.
« The Clockmaker » présente plusieurs idées similaires à celles des Impérialistes: une forte
association britannique, de l’anti-américanisme, une plus grande influence du Dominion, etc.
Conséquemment, il n'est guère surprenant que Grant lui-même ait noté l'influence de Haliburton
sur la conception canadienne de l’impérialisme de lui et ses confrères. Étudiant les valeurs de
Haliburton, leur expression dans « The Clockmaker », et comment les Impérialistes reflètent les
idées et la rhétorique du roman, cette étude crée une continuité entre « The Clockmaker » et ces
nationalistes qui ont cherchés une légitimité dans le passé en imaginant les traditions d'un jeune
pays. L’étude examine la manière dont la littérature, au-delà d'être modélisée par son présent,
devient l'histoire hautement-interprétable qui l’informe. / Using Thomas Chandler Haliburton’s The Clockmaker, this work examines how literature
informs understandings of the past and ideas of the present. This is an analysis of how the Toryism
of certain late 19th-century Canadian Imperialists (Stephen Leacock, G.M. Grant, and Andrew
Macphail) was influenced by The Clockmaker. These Imperialists were ideologues who imagined
a greater role for Canada within the British Empire. The contention is that Haliburton’s work,
although highly problematic today, is nonetheless important to analyze for the popularity and
influence it had at other historical moments, and specifically for the ways it helped revive – through
satirical rhetoric, caricatures, and politically-charged writing – a dying form of Toryism that the
Imperialists adopted into their thought in multiple ways. This allowed the Canadian Imperialists
to develop a vision of Canada in-line with the times while relying on an element of Tory culture
that had a sound historical background.
The Clockmaker expounds similar ideas to those of the Imperialists: strong British ties,
anti-Americanism, an added socio-political weight to the Dominion, etc. It is hardly surprising,
then, that Grant himself noted Haliburton’s influence on him and his fellow thinkers’ conceptual
framing of imperialism in Canada. Studying Haliburton’s values, their expression in The
Clockmaker, and the way the Imperialists’ works reflect the ideas and rhetorical tools of the novel,
this study creates a continuity between The Clockmaker and those nationalists who sought
legitimacy in the past when imagining the traditions of a fledgling country. This study examines
how literature, beyond being modeled by its present, becomes the highly-interpretable history that
informs said present.
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In the Shadow of the Horseman: The Petrine Era and the Search for Russian Nationhood, 1811-1941Little, Jackson D. 23 April 2013 (has links)
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An Italian Voice Overseas: War and the Making of National Identity in Cleveland, Ohio, 1910-1920Semelsberger, Daniel B. 01 May 2012 (has links)
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Marlowe’s English Nation: Sovereignty, Empire, and CommunityZhu, Yi January 2024 (has links)
This dissertation enhances Marlovian studies by advancing ongoing scholarly efforts to demystify Marlowe’s stereotypical image as an outsider of his era. Specifically, it aims to challenge the prevailing perception of Christopher Marlowe as a subversive maverick, often delineated in contradistinction to William Shakespeare, England’s so-called national poet. Situating Marlowe in the context of nation-building in early modern England, this dissertation explores how Marlowe participated through his writing in the construction of English national identity. Through reading Marlowe’s five plays, Dido Queen of Carthage, Tamburlaine the Great Part One, Tamburlaine the Great Part Two, Edward II, and The Jew of Malta, my dissertation reveals that Marlowe’s ideal England is a political entity of complete sovereignty, a new empire of unprecedented achievement, and an imagined community ruled by its monarch and governors with good governance. With its emphasis on the inseparable fusion of nation and empire and the inevitable incorporation of outsiders, such English nationhood, I suggest, is an eighth form of nationhood in addition to the seven others proposed by Richard Helgerson. It is neither Patrick Cheney’s counter-nationhood nor completely Helgerson’s nationhood under royal absolutism. Since the monarch and patriotism are at its centre, Marlowe’s ideal English nationhood does not differ greatly from depictions offered by other contemporary writers. I argue that Marlowe shares more commonality with other authors of his era than has previously been understood, at least in terms of writing English nationhood. I propose that we should explore such commonality, rather than fetishizing Marlowe’s peculiarity, to gain a more nuanced, fuller image of Marlowe, who has long been obscured by his arguably more renowned contemporaries. / Dissertation / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / This dissertation reexamines Christopher Marlowe’s stereotypical image in current scholarship as an outsider of his era by looking at how Marlowe writes about England in the context of early modern nation-building. Focusing on Marlowe’s five plays, Dido Queen of Carthage, Tamburlaine the Great Part One, Tamburlaine the Great Part Two, Edward II, and The Jew of Malta, my readings reveal that what Marlowe envisions through his writing is an English nation marked by complete autonomy, remarkable achievement, and good governance. At the heart of this nationhood lies the patriotism similarly expressed by other Elizabethan writers in their literary fashioning of English nationhood. I argue that Marlowe, in this regard, shares more commonality with his contemporaries than has previously been understood. Exploring this commonality allows us to revalue the historical position of Marlowe, who has long been obscured by arguably more renowned writers of his day.
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A critical exposition of Kwame Gyekye's communitarianismMwimnobi, Odirachukwu Stephen 11 1900 (has links)
This dissertation argues that Gyekye, in his idea of communitarianism, has a contribution to make towards the understanding of the socio-political structures of multicultural communities in Africa. Gyekye's construct of metanationality, in relation to his communitarian ethics, addresses the socio-political and cultural problems confronting multicultural communities, with particular reference to Nigeria. In an attempt to achieve his idea of a "metanational state", Gyekye claims that: (1) "personhood" is partially defined by a communal structure; (2) equal moral attention should be given both to individual interests and community interests; (3) it is necessary to integrate the "ethic of responsibility" with "rights"; (4) members of the nation-state should be considered equal; (5) in order to achieve nationhood in a multicultural community, it is essential to move beyond "ethnicity" and (6) in an attempt to form a national culture, attention should be drawn to "the elegant" aspects of cultures of various ethno-cultural communities. / Philosophy / M.A. (Philosophy)
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Constructions of nationhood in secession debates related to Mthwakazi Liberation Front in Bulawayo's Chronicle and Newsday newspapers in 2011Ndlovu, Mphathisi January 2013 (has links)
This study investigates the constructions of nationhood in two Bulawayo newspapers, the Chronicle and Newsday. Against the backdrop of the emergence of a secessionist movement, Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), this research examines the discourses of nationhood in the secessionist debates raging in these two newspapers. This study is premised on a view that nationhood constructions cannot be understood outside the broader context in which these newspapers are embedded. Accordingly, it traces the roots and resurgence of Matabeleland separatist politics, exploring the political-historical forces that have shaped a distinctive Ndebele identity that poses a threat to the one, indivisible Zimbabwean national identity. Further, the study situates Matabeleland separatist politics within the broader African secessionist discourse challenging the post-colonial nation-building project on the continent. Informed by Hall’s (1992, 1996) constructivist approach to identity, it considers national identities as fragmented, multiple and constantly evolving. Thus, this study is framed within Hall’s (1997) constructivist approach to representation, as it examines the constructions of nationhood in and through language. The study uses qualitative research methods, as it examines the meanings of nationhood in key media texts. Informed by Foucault’s discourse theory, this research employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse 12 articles from the two newspapers. The findings confirm that the representations of nationhood in the two newspapers are influenced by their position within the socio-political context. The state-owned Chronicle legitimates the unitary state discourse advocated by ZANU PF. On the other hand, Newsday’s representations are informed by the discourses of the opposition political parties and civil society that challenge the dominant nation-building project. Thus, within this paper, secession and devolution emerge as alternative imaginaries that contest the authoritarian discourse of nationhood
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A critical exposition of Kwame Gyekye's communitarianismMwimnobi, Odirachukwu Stephen 11 1900 (has links)
This dissertation argues that Gyekye, in his idea of communitarianism, has a contribution to make towards the understanding of the socio-political structures of multicultural communities in Africa. Gyekye's construct of metanationality, in relation to his communitarian ethics, addresses the socio-political and cultural problems confronting multicultural communities, with particular reference to Nigeria. In an attempt to achieve his idea of a "metanational state", Gyekye claims that: (1) "personhood" is partially defined by a communal structure; (2) equal moral attention should be given both to individual interests and community interests; (3) it is necessary to integrate the "ethic of responsibility" with "rights"; (4) members of the nation-state should be considered equal; (5) in order to achieve nationhood in a multicultural community, it is essential to move beyond "ethnicity" and (6) in an attempt to form a national culture, attention should be drawn to "the elegant" aspects of cultures of various ethno-cultural communities. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.A. (Philosophy)
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Armed with an Eagle Feather Against the Parliamentary Mace: A Discussion of Discourse on Indigenous Sovereignty and Spirituality in a Settler Colonial Canada, 1990-2017Swain, Stacie A. January 2017 (has links)
Canada 150, or the sesquicentennial anniversary of Confederation, celebrates a nation-state that can be described as “settler colonial” in relation to Indigenous peoples. This thesis brings a Critical Religion and Critical Discourse Analysis methodology into conversation with Settler Colonial and Indigenous Studies to ask: how is Canadian settler colonial sovereignty enacted, and how do Indigenous peoples perform challenges to that sovereignty? The parliamentary mace and the eagle feather are conceptualized as emblematic and condensed metaphors, or metonyms, that assert and represent Canadian and Indigenous sovereignties. As a settler colonial sovereignty, established and naturalized partially through discourses on religion, Canadian sovereignty requires the displacement of Indigenous sovereignty. In events from 1990 to 2017, Indigenous people wielding eagle feathers disrupt Canadian governance and challenge the legitimacy of Canadian sovereignty. Indigenous sovereignty is (re)asserted as identity-based, oppositional, and spiritualized. Discourses on Indigenous sovereignty and spirituality provide categories and concepts through which Indigenous resistance occurs within Canada.
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