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1	Thodisiso ya kudzhielwe kwa zwiilaila nga Vhavenda vha tshitirikini tsha Beitbridge Zimbabwe namusi Mulea, Silibaziso 03 November 2014 (has links) MA (Tshivenda) / MER Mathivha Centre for African Languages, Arts and Culture Social taboos Culture Beitbridge Zimbabwe 394.16089963976 Taboo -- South Africa -- Limpopo Taboo -- Zimbabwe Food -- South Africa -- Limpopo Food -- Zimbabwe Food -- Religious aspects -- Zimbabwe
2	Exploring the construction of white male identity in selected novels by J.M. Coetzee Dent, Jacqueline Elizabeth May 30 November 2007 (has links) Coetzee's own experience of living in apartheid South Africa provides the backdrop for novels infused with sardonic irony and rich metaphoric systems. In modes of metafiction that emphasize the destructive and violent nature of language, he optimizes his unique oeuvre to interrogate global, national and domestic power relations. This dissertation relies on psychoanalytical theories that examine microstructures of power within the individual, and in his domestic domain. Each of Coetzee's chief protagonists carries a secret related to a dysfunctional mother/son relationship. This hampers their psychosocial dynamics, their masculinity and sexuality. As they respectively strive toward an elusive new life they confront patriarchal power structures that speak on behalf of individuals, '[whose] descent into powerlessness [is] voluntary' (Coetzee 2007: 4-5). Coetzee's constructed white males perform their several identity roles in milieux that span divergent phases of colonial history. His critique points to white patriarchal hegemonic ideological discourses that bespeak the self/other dichotomy in a postcolonial world where the language of dominance supports an oppressive status quo. / English Studies / M.A. (English) Violence, violation and abuse Victims and perpetrators Social taboos Myths History Culture and religion Psychoanalytical theories: Klein Freud Transference Coetzee oeuvre Narration Style Autre-biography 823.914 Whites in literature Gender in literature Narration in literature Violence in literature
3	Cole Porter : the social significance of selected love lyrics of the 1930s Holloway, Marilyn June 11 1900 (has links) This dissertation examines selected love lyrics composed during the 1930s by Cole Porter, whose witty and urbane music epitomized the Golden era of American light music. These lyrics present an interesting paradox – a man who longed for his music to be accepted by the American public, yet remained indifferent to the social mores of the time. Porter offered trenchant social commentary aimed at a society restricted by social taboos and cultural conventions. The argument develops systematically through a chronological and contextual study of the influences of people and events on a man and his music. The prosodic intonation and imagistic texture of the lyrics demonstrate an intimate correlation between personality and composition which, in turn, is supported by the biographical content. / English / M.A. (English) Broadway Cole Porter Social taboos Song lyrics Early Hollywood musicals Gays and musicals Innuendo Musical comedy Tin Pan Alley 1930 film censorship 782.420268092 Composers -- United States -- Biography Musical -- Excerpts -- Librettos Songs -- Texts
4	Exploring the construction of white male identity in selected novels by J.M. Coetzee Dent, Jacqueline Elizabeth May 30 November 2007 (has links) Coetzee's own experience of living in apartheid South Africa provides the backdrop for novels infused with sardonic irony and rich metaphoric systems. In modes of metafiction that emphasize the destructive and violent nature of language, he optimizes his unique oeuvre to interrogate global, national and domestic power relations. This dissertation relies on psychoanalytical theories that examine microstructures of power within the individual, and in his domestic domain. Each of Coetzee's chief protagonists carries a secret related to a dysfunctional mother/son relationship. This hampers their psychosocial dynamics, their masculinity and sexuality. As they respectively strive toward an elusive new life they confront patriarchal power structures that speak on behalf of individuals, '[whose] descent into powerlessness [is] voluntary' (Coetzee 2007: 4-5). Coetzee's constructed white males perform their several identity roles in milieux that span divergent phases of colonial history. His critique points to white patriarchal hegemonic ideological discourses that bespeak the self/other dichotomy in a postcolonial world where the language of dominance supports an oppressive status quo. / English Studies / M.A. (English) Violence, violation and abuse Victims and perpetrators Social taboos Myths History Culture and religion Psychoanalytical theories: Klein Freud Transference Coetzee oeuvre Narration Style Autre-biography 823.914 Whites in literature Gender in literature Narration in literature Violence in literature
5	Cole Porter : the social significance of selected love lyrics of the 1930s Holloway, Marilyn June 11 1900 (has links) This dissertation examines selected love lyrics composed during the 1930s by Cole Porter, whose witty and urbane music epitomized the Golden era of American light music. These lyrics present an interesting paradox – a man who longed for his music to be accepted by the American public, yet remained indifferent to the social mores of the time. Porter offered trenchant social commentary aimed at a society restricted by social taboos and cultural conventions. The argument develops systematically through a chronological and contextual study of the influences of people and events on a man and his music. The prosodic intonation and imagistic texture of the lyrics demonstrate an intimate correlation between personality and composition which, in turn, is supported by the biographical content. / English / M.A. (English) Broadway Cole Porter Social taboos Song lyrics Early Hollywood musicals Gays and musicals Innuendo Musical comedy Tin Pan Alley 1930 film censorship 782.420268092 Composers -- United States -- Biography Musical -- Excerpts -- Librettos Songs -- Texts

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