Este estudo dedica-se à análise de discursos sobre povos indígenas que, circulando em diferentes meios, são articulados em narrativas de estudantes do ensino superior. Para isso, investiguei narrativas produzidas por 68 estudantes de duas instituições situadas na Grande Porto Alegre, em cursos que preparam para o magistério. Foram realizados momentos específicos para a produção de narrativas, em quatro grupos distintos, sendo um organizado a partir de um curso de extensão e três outros, programados em momentos específicos, dentro do cronograma de disciplinas oferecidas nos cursos de Pedagogia. Considerei, nesta pesquisa, o conjunto de narrativas orais produzidas nos quatro grupos, os textos escritos e/ou desenhos feitos pelos estudantes e outros materiais trazidos para os encontros, bem como minhas anotações em um caderno de campo. As questões que mobilizaram o meu pensar durante esse processo de investigação foram as seguintes: quais discursos estão produzindo povos indígenas em narrativas de estudantes do ensino superior? Quais narrativas adquirem visibilidade para estes estudantes e que efeitos de verdade são produzidos? A partir de que fontes de informação e de que saberes os povos indígenas são nomeados e descritos no contexto escolar? Quais significados articulam-se nessas narrativas? Quais marcadores sociais são mobilizados e quais oposições binárias servem para caracterizar os povos indígenas? Como os estudantes se inserem e como são posicionados/ posicionam-se na produção dessas narrativas? Situo minha pesquisa na perspectiva dos Estudos Culturais pós-estruturalistas, problematizando práticas de significação que constituem e posicionam diferentemente os sujeitos em relações de poder/saber. Adquirem relevância, neste estudo, noções como cultura, linguagem, sujeito, poder, verdade, identidade e diferença, que problematizo tomando como referência estudos de Michel Foucault, Stuat Hall, Homi Bhabha, Zygmunt Bauman, Jacques Derrida, Jorge Larrosa, Carlos Skliar, Núria Ferre, Kathryn Woodward, Rosa Hessel Silveira, Tomaz Tadeu da Silva, Marisa Costa e Alfredo Veiga-Neto, entre outros. Tomando o conjunto de narrativas produzidas sobre povos indígenas na pesquisa, defini três eixos de análise: discursos que participam na produção de nacionalidades; discursos que produzem sujeitos em práticas escolarizadas e discursos que operam estratégias de narrar por estereótipos. Estas unidades serviram como pontos de convergência de sentidos e possibilitaram o exame de práticas diversas, ancoradas em determinados regimes deverdade. No primeiro eixo estabeleci algumas relações entre maneiras utilizadas pelos estudantes para narrar os povos indígenas e discursos históricos, literários, iconográficos, didáticos. Interessaram-me, nesta parte do trabalho, os efeitos da articulação entre povos indígenas e identidade nacional. Discuti também alguns deslocamentos nos sentidos de nação na atualidade. No segundo eixo examinei determinadas práticas institucionalizadas em currículos escolares para a abordagem da temática indígena. As práticas analisadas foram aquelas narradas pelos estudantes, especialmente nas experiências de escola básica, e meu interesse era investigar efeitos desses discursos, que conferem certo tipo de visibilidade aos povos indígenas. Chamou minha atenção a recorrência de relatos sobre a comemoração do Dia do Índio, abordagem da temática que adquire contornos específicos, colaborando para marcar o que deve ser lembrado e o que, em decorrência, deve ser esquecido. No terceiro eixo discuti a produção de estereótipos como estratégia discursiva ou seja, como uma forma de conhecimento e de identificação que imprime certa ordem, produzindo práticas e posicionando sujeitos. Analisei efeitos de articulações estabelecidas entre índio-natureza e entre práticas indígenas-pensamento mágico, abordando também maneiras de narrar a presença indígena em centros urbanos. A articulação produzida entre índio e natureza funciona como uma espécie de chave de leitura, sendo os povos indígenas narrados como habitantes naturais da floresta, lugar geográfico e social que produz também um conjunto de atributos, colados ao corpo, apresentados como sendo próprios da natureza indígena. É possível dizer que as narrativas estereotipadas sobre povos indígenas são movimentos de captura, para tornar a diferença semelhante, para marcá-la nos corpos, responsabilizando o outro pelo que nele se estranha e fixando atributos e lugares sociais. Argumento que, na produção de sujeitos indígenas e não-indígenas, operam discursos múltiplos que se enlaçam, se fortalecem, se opõem e, desse modo, constituem e engendram identidades e diferenças, em relações de poder e saber. Analisar as narrativas dos estudantes possibilitou entender identidades e diferenças como produções na cultura, operadas cotidianamente, no entrelaçamento de distintas práticas de significação, que fabricam, posicionam e governam sujeitos. Os significados são produzidos e se instituem em negociações, embates, jogos de força cotidianamente realizados. Nestas práticas, vão sendo construídos aqueles que são narrados, como também aqueles que narram. / This study is devoted to analysing discourses on Indigenous folks who, circulating in different environments, are articulated in higher education students’ narratives. So I investigated narratives by 68 students from institutions located in Porto Alegre City in courses preparing future teachers. There were special moments for the production of narratives in four different groups, in which one of them was organised from an extension course, and the other three were designed in specific moments within the curriculum provided by teaching courses. I considered in this research the set of oral narratives produced in all four groups, the written texts and/or drawings by students and other materials brought to the meetings as well as my notes in a field notebook. The issues caused me to ponder during this investigative process were the following: which discourses are producing Indigenous folks in higher education students’ narratives? Which narratives get visibility for these students and which true effects are produced? Which information and knowledge sources Indigenous folks are named and depicted from in the school context? Which meanings are articulated in these narratives? Which social markers are used and which binary oppositions characterise the Indigenous folks? How students are embedded and how they position/are positioned in producing these narratives? My research is located in the poststructuralist Cultural Studies perspective, problematising meaning making practices which constitute and position differently subjects in relation to power/knowledge. In this approach, notions such as culture, language, subject, power, truth, identity and difference are very important. Authors like Michel Foucault, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, Zygmunt Bauman, Jacques Derrida, Jorge Larrosa, Carlos Skliar, Núria Ferre, Kathryn Woodward, Rosa Hessel Silveira, Tomaz Tadeu da Silva, Marisa Costa, Alfredo Veiga-Neto, among others, from their productions in this field, hep us to analyse. Taking into consideration the set of narratives about Indigenous folks in the research, I have defined three analysis axes: discourses shaping the nationalities; discourses inventing subjects in school practices and discourses operating narrating strategies by stereotypes. These units have been used as meaning convergence points and have allowed analysing many practices anchored in particular regimes of truth. In the first axis, I have established relationships between ways students have recounted Indigenous folks and historical, literary, iconographical and didactical discourses. In this part of the work I am concerned with the effects from the articulation between Indigenous folks and the national identity. I have also discussed some displacements in nation meanings in the globalisation era. In the second axis, I have examined particular established practices in curriculum to approach the Indigenous theme. The analysed practices were those recounted by students, especially in primary school experiences, and I have been concerned with effects of these discourses, which provide a kind of visibility for Indigenous folks. What has attracted my attention was recurrence of certain narratives about the Indigenous Day celebration, an approach of a theme having particular contours in classroom, helping to highlight what should be recollected and what should remain in oblivion. In the final axis, I have discussed stereotype making as a discursive strategy, that is, as a way of knowledge and identification that provides a particular order, producing practices and positioning subjects. I have analysed effects of articulations established between the Indigenous and nature, and between Indigenous practices and the magician thought, approaching also ways to recount the Indigenous presence in the urban centres. The articulation made between the Indigenous and nature works as a kind of reading key, the Indigenous folks being recounted as natural inhabitants from the forest, a social and geographical place also producing a set of characteristics, attached to the body, provided as belonging to the Indigenous nature. It is possible to say that stereotyped narratives about Indigenous folks are capturing movements to make difference similar, stamp it on the bodies, blaming on the other for what is strange in him/her and establishing characteristics and social places. I argue that in inventing Indigenous and non-Indigenous subjects, multiple discourses work by entwining, strengthening, resisting and so shaping and inventing identities and differences in power and knowledge relationships. Analysing the students’ narratives allowed understanding identities and differences as productions daily working in the culture, in the entwining of different meaning makings, which invent, position and govern subjects. Meanings are made and established in daily trades, clashes and power games. In these practices, those who are recounted and those who recount are both constructed.

Nesta tese de doutorado, examino algumas produções culturais que me permitiram acompanhar processos ligados à produção dos conhecimentos escolares em Ciências/Química. Para tanto, examinei documentos oficiais de ensino brasileiros – os PCNs, alguns livros didáticos de Química e uma revista de divulgação científica – a Revista Superinteressante. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida sob inspiração dos Estudos Culturais, utilizando aportes teóricos de Stuart Hall, que busquei conectar ao pensamento de Michel Foucault e Thomas Popkewitz para realizar as análises discursivas procedidas. Tais análises permitiram indicar entrelaçamentos entre os enunciados que compõem os diferentes discursos colocados em circulação por tais produções e indicar que temas como saúde, meio ambiente, desenvolvimento tecnológico e consumo passaram a constituir a “pauta” tanto da revista examinada, quanto dos livros didáticos e dos PCNs, o que, de certo modo, legitima e escolariza esses temas, no caso estudado na área de Ciências/Química, na Educação Básica. A inserção de novos temas/conteúdos indica haver uma ruptura em relação ao que anteriormente era considerado como conteúdos escolares pertinentes ao ensino de Ciências/Química. No tratamento do tema saúde, por exemplo,os textos passaram a ocupar-se com a indicação de formas para viver mais e com mais saúde, com melhor aparência, com cuidados para a manutenção da agilidade e juventude, o que implica viver uma “democrática” ditadura de fazer escolhas responsáveis para os cuidados com o corpo, ou seja, nessas produções culturais o discurso do cuidado com a saúde encontra-se associado à vontade de mudanças de atitude dos sujeitos frente aos seus hábitos de vida. Em relação ao modo de focalizar o tema meio ambiente, os enunciados ressaltam a importância da incorporação de práticas cotidianas aos conteúdos escolares, sendo isso considerado requisito para o desenvolvimento da cidadania que, por sua vez, seria promovida na relação dos sujeitos com o meio ambiente. / In this PHD thesis, I examined some cultural production which allowed me to follow activities linked to Science/Chemistry school knowledge production. For that, I examined Brazilian teaching official documents, the National Curricular Parameters, some Chemistry didactic books and a scientific publication magazine (Superinteressante Magazine). The research was developed under inspiration of Cultural Studies, using theoretical support by Stuart Hall, which I tried to connect to Michel Foucault’s and Thomas Popkewitz’s thoughts to carry out discursive analysis. The analysis show the interconnections between the enunciates that are part of different speeches published in these production and indicate that themes such as health, environment, technological development and consume started to constitute the agenda, in the referred magazine, in the didactic books and in the National Curricular Parameters. This subjects legitimate and submit these themes to school teaching in the Science/Chemistry area in Basic Education. The insertion of new themes/contents indicates that there is a rupture regarding what was formally considered pertinent school contents to the teaching of Science/Chemistry. Regarding health, for example, the texts started to worry about living longer, healthier, having a better look, carrying about being agile and young, which implies living in a “democratic” dictatorship of making responsible choices regarding body care, in other words, in these cultural aspects the speech related to health care is associated to will changes of attitude in the people’s ways of living. About the environment theme, the texts highlight the importance of adding daily practices to the school contents, which is considered a prerequisite for the citizenship development to promote the relationship between the people and the environment.

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<p>  </p> <p>This dissertation is the first comprehensive biography and study of Richard Allestree. Allestree was a soldier, spy, professor, theologian, a survivor of the plague (1665) and Great Fire (1666) of London, and supposed author of the best-selling Protestant classic, <em>The Whole Duty of Man </em>(1658). Throughout his life, Allestree attempted to protect those institutions through his voice, vocation, and violence. His work contributes to our understanding of the dilemmas faced by the late seventeenth-century clergy, caught between the secular rationalism of the Enlightenment and the wild enthusiasm of Protestant dissenting groups. Using his positions of power and influence, he sought to make Christianity accessible to “the meanest of reader,” moving away from perceptions of a rigid faith and seeking to make Christianity a vibrant, active belief in the lives of everyday people. This work presents a finalized canon of the works of Richard Allestree using new tools in digital humanities. Implementing statistical analysis from data gathered from his personal library at Christ Church, Oxford, clerical records, and marginalia, this dissertation settles the three hundred- and sixty-five-year dilemma of Allestree’s uncertain authorship.</p>

This thesis is a study of representations of Pacific Asia in exhibitions in Stockholm. In the Swedish culture and art sphere, a public discussion surrounding Asia is conspicuously absent even though there are significant amounts of residents in Sweden with an Asian background. The thesis analyses three selected exhibitions: Korea Gallery at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key at Bonniers Konsthall, and From dying to living at Moderna Museet. The material consists of field observations, exhibition catalogs, handouts, wall texts, and interviews with the involved curators alongside with the exhibitions themselves. The thesis aims to initiate a critical discussion around the representations of the so-called “Other” and the implications of curatorial approaches in these exhibitions that primarily revolve around Asian themes with the help of the following research questions: 1) How is Asia portrayed and represented in each exhibition?; 2) What perception of Asia and Asianness is conveyed through the exhibitions as well as by the way of other related material?; and 3) How is the curatorial approach to the exhibitions with ethnographic themes revolving around Asianness? The qualitative case studies assess both the content and visuals of the exhibitions and the preparation processes of the exhibitions, and theoretically, they are informed by Stuart Hall’s theory of representation as well as Hal Foster’s and Miwon Kwon’s writings on the artist as ethnographer. Through an examination of the three case exhibitions, the thesis finds that representations of Asia are varied and have benefited from extensive curatorial efforts but show occasional weaknesses in terms of displaying the Other. The thesis contributes to a better understanding of representations of Asia in exhibitions in Sweden and hopefully paves the way for future research of this kind.

This dissertation relates to treason and sodomy crimes that were fundamental in all pre-modern societies (also adultery but to a lesser extent). These laws, characterized by their biblical source, have met their demise in modern Western societies. The rise of individual rights led to significant changes in these crimes and eventually to their demise. As discussed below, the demise has become so substantial that the antiquated crime of sodomy, termed the crime against nature, is a modern source of pride, and actions like those of January 6, 2021, that would have been considered treason in prior generations are no longer charged as treason. Chapter One: Dying Criminal Laws: Sodomy and Adultery From the Bible toDemise analyzes the rise and fall of sodomy and adultery. The original legal basis for punishing sodomy and adultery was due to a breach in the duty of loyalty owed to God (i.e. sin) or the state. However, the loosening of the bonds of loyalty in present day Western criminal law has led to the demise of these crimes. Their demise has correlated with the rise of individual rights, especially the right to privacy. As such, the demise of sodomy and adultery laws is symbolic of the shift from a duty-based to a rights-based society. Chapter Two: The Genesis of Treason: The Creation of Equality and TheEstablishment of the Patriarchy analyzes the biblical source of treason. The roots of treason reach back to the Bible. Treason against God’s divine right kings was acrime because it was an assault against the heavenly order. Petit treason was also an attack on God’s order. The initial chapters of the book of Genesis contain the foundation of the law oftreason. The treasons of Adam and Eve, Cain, the Sons of God, Ham, and Nimrod each relate to different aspects of both high and petit treason. The dissertation also analyzes the place of treason during the reign of Saul and David as Kings of Israel. According to the Book of Samuel, neither Saul's indeterminate use of treason nor the virtually nonexistent use of treason by David is the right path. Rather, a determinant form of treason that punishes actual treason but does not punish all forms of opposition is appropriate. Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of High Treason and The Correlation with PetitTreason Infallible Relationships: From Edward III to The Execution of Charles I And Lessons For Modern Treason in the Age of Charles III traces the roots of treason as a crime in Anglo-American law, the expansion of treason during Henry VIII’s reign, up to the conviction of King Charles I for high treason. Henry VIII enacted multiple amendments to the law of high treason and did nothesitate to utilize treason as a weapon in his battle for supremacy against the Pope in England. Compared with Henry and his children, James I endeavored to use the law of high treason sparingly. Treason underwent a fundamental transformation during Charles I’s reign thatultimately led to a civil war and Parliament transforming treason from a statute that protected the King into a law that protected the nation. This was done by rejecting the King’s special status and invoking the transformative idea of a social contractbetween the nation and the people. In short, a transformation from status to contract. The changes at the dawn of treason have continued to the present day, and treason,the crime that protects the hierarchy of society, has not been invoked in the US and UK since the end of World War II. The failed South African treason trial against Nelson Mandela and the Civil and Woman’s Rights Movements appear to have led to treason’s demise in cases that do not involve armed warfare. Despite the renewed interest in treason following the assault on the US Capital on January 6, 2021, there does not appear to be an appetite for reviving treason. In the age of Charles III, the most severe crime for a march like Charles I’s “warlike march” on Parliament is seditious conspiracy.

Il est raisonnable de penser que l'activité philosophique, comme toute forme de connaissance et toute pratique, est jusqu'à un certain point déterminée par le contexte culturel, social, institutionnel et politique dans lequel elle s'insère. Pourtant nous, philosophes de formation, négligeons souvent d'examiner méthodiquement et concrètement comment nos idées et nos pratiques philosophiques sont façonnées par ces influences multiples, que ce soit au cours de nos études ou au long de notre carrière de professeur et de chercheur. Certes, il arrive que nous reconnaissions de manière générale l'existence de ces contraintes et de ces déterminismes, mais le plus souvent nous évitons alors d'en tirer les conséquences pratiques. À moins de sous-estimer la force de l'habitude et de croire que ce que nous pensons et faisons, en tant que philosophes, nous est parfaitement transparent, il nous faut reconnaître que nous pouvons nous tromper sur ce qui nous concerne directement, et du même coup sur les rôles que nous jouons dans nos sociétés démocratiques. Car il serait fort étonnant que les illusions que nous nous faisons sur notre propre activité philosophique n'entravent pas nos tentatives de penser clairement, de découvrir des vérités pertinentes et utiles, de prendre position dans les débats déterminant les orientations de nos sociétés, et de former des citoyens capables de participer intelligemment à la vie politique. C'est pourquoi il est important, pour qui aime la philosophie et la croit utile, de faire un diagnostic des conditions actuelles de l'activité philosophique. Il s'agira, dans cette thèse, de contribuer à ce diagnostic en élaborant et en éprouvant des techniques d'analyse et d'écriture ; et, ce faisant, de me former comme philosophe, en invitant le lecteur à en faire autant. Bien entendu, je ne prétends pas faire le tour de la question, les problèmes que pose la situation actuelle de la philosophie, même seulement au Québec, étant trop nombreux et complexes. Si je m'essaie à ce diagnostic, c'est en laissant à d'autres la possibilité de le poursuivre, de le corriger ou de le critiquer, selon ce qui leur semblera juste et utile. Peut-être sera-t-il même possible de transformer quelque peu le milieu philosophique québécois.

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Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an interdisciplinary study of various historical novels which dealt to a greater or lesser degree with the Great Trek and were written between the 1840s and the 1930s in Dutch, Afrikaans and English but with particular emphasis on H.P. Lamont's War, Wine and Women and Stuart Cloete's Turning Wheels (1937). The analysis of all these fictional reconstructions focuses on the portrayal of the Voortrekkers found in them. Much attention is also paid to the historical contexts in which the two principal works in question were written and the great controversies which they occasioned because both of their authors had had the temerity to challenge the long-established myth of the heroic Voortrekkers, one of the holiest of the iconic cows in the barns of their Afrikaner descendants. Chapter I, "Introduction", is a statement of the purpose of the study, its place in the context of analyses of the history of Afrikaner nationalism, its structure and the sources on which it is based. Chapter II, "The Unfolding of the Myth of the Heroic Voortrekkers", traces its evolution from the 1830s to the 1930s and explores how both English-speaking South Africans and Afrikaners, especially Gustav PrelIer, purposefully contributed to it. Also highlighted in this chapter is the significance of the Great Trek Centenary and the events leading up to it in the middle and late 1930s in intensifying Afrikaner nationalism. Chapter III, "The Heroic Myth in Early Dutch and Afrikaans Novels about the Great Trek", considers especially how these works were used as vehicles for placing before Afrikaners the historic virtues of their ancestors both to provide models for emulation and to stimulate their ethnic pride. Chapter IV, "Sympathetic English Reconstructions of the Great Trek", deals with two novels, Eugenie de Kalb's Far Enough and Francis Brett Young's They Seek a Country, both of which reproduced the heroic myth to some extent. Chapter V, "Rendezvous with Disaster? The South Africa in Which Lamont Wrote War, Wine and Women" establishes the context of intensifying Afrikaner nationalism which this immigrant from the United Kingdom encountered in the late 1920s when he accepted a lectureship at the University of Pretoria and why this context was hostile to a novel which was critical of Afrikanerdom. Chapter VI, "Wa1~ Wine and Women: Its General Context and Commentary on South Africa" explores how this work, conceived as a "war book" dealing with the 1914-1918 conflict in Europe, depicted both Englishmen and Afrikaners negatively. Chapter VII, "Academic Freedom vs. Afrikaner Nationalism: The Consequential Strife over War, Wine and Women" deals with the hostile reception of Lamont's pseudonymously published novel, the physical assault on him and his dismissal from his lectureship at the University of Pretoria. Chapter VIII, "The Rhetoric of Revenge in Lamont's Halcyon Days in Africa", explores how the author, after relurning lo England, used his pen as a weapon for striking back al his Afrikaans foes in South Africa. Chapter IX, "Stuart Cloete's Portrayal of the Voortrekkers in Turning U'heels", focuses on the portrayal of various ethnic types in his gallery of characters. Chapter X, "The Con troversy over Turning U'heels", handles the hostile and apparently orchestrated reaction to Cloete's book and how it was eventually banned. Chapter XI, "Conclusion: Quod Eral Demonstrandum", summarises several thematic findings which a detailed examination of the novels in their historical context yields. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling is 'n interdissiplinêre studie van verskeie historiese romans waarin daar in 'n mindere ofmeerdere mate op die Groot Trek gefokus word en wat geskryfis tussen die 1840's en die 1930's in Nederlands, Afrikaans en Engels, maar met die klem op H. P. Lamont se War, Wine and Wamen en Stuart Cloete se Turning Wheels (1937) in die besonder. Die analise van al hierdie fiktiewe rekonstruksies fokus op die uitbeelding van die Voortrekkers daarin. Daar word ook in die besonder aandag gegee aan die historiese kontekste waarbinne hierdie twee hoofwerke geskryfis en die groot polemiek daarrondom, omdat beide outeurs die vermetelheid gehad het om die lank reeds gevestigde mite van die heldhaftige Voortrekkers, een van die heiligste ikoniese koeie in die skure van die Afrikanernageslagte, uit te daag. Hoofstuk I, "Introduction", stel die doel van die studie, waar dit staan in die konteks van analises van die geskiedenis van Afrikanernasionalisme, die skruktuur en die bronne waarop dit gebaseer is. Hoofstuk II, "The Unfolding of the Myth of the Herioc Voortrekkers", volg die evolusie van Afrikanernasionalisme van die 1830's tot die 1930's en ondersoek op beide Engelssprekende Suid-Afrikaners en Afrikaners, veral Gustav Preller, doelgerig hiertoe bygedra het. In hierdie hoofstuk word daar ook beklemtoon hoe betekenisvol die honderdjarige herdenking van die Groot Trek en die gebeure wat daartoe aanleiding gegee het gedurende die middel- en laat 1930's, bygedra het tot die versterking van Afrikanernasionalisme. Hoofstuk III, "The Heroic Myth in Early Dutch and Afrikaans Novels about the Great Trek", bespreek veral hoe hierdie werke gebruik is om aan Afrikaners die historiese deugsaamheid van hulle voorvaders voor te hou en wat as voorbeelde moet dien wat nagestreef moet word en om hulle etniese trots te stimuleer. Hoofstuk IV, "Sympathetic English Reconstructions of the Great Trek", bespreek twee romans, Far Enough van Eugenie de Kalb en TheySeek a Country van Francis Brett Young, wat altwee die heroïse mite in 'n sekere mate herproduseer. Hoofstuk V, "Rendezvous with Disaster? The South Africa in Which Lamont Wrote War, Wine and Women" vestig die konteks van groeiende Afrikanernasionalisme wat hierdie immigrant van die Verenigde Koninkryk in die laat 1920's teëgekom het toe hy 'n lektoraat aan die Universiteit van Pretoria aanvaar het, en hoekom hierdie konteks vyandiggesind was teenoor 'n roman wat krities was teenoor die Afrikanerdom. Hoofstuk VI, "Wa1~ Wine and Women: Its General Context and Commentary on South Africa" ondersoek hoe hierdie werk, beskou as 'n "oorlogsboek" wat handeloor die 1914-1918 konflik in Europa, beide die Engelse en die Afrikaners in 'n negatiewe lig gestel het. Hoofstuk VII, "Academic Freedom vs. Afrikaner Nationalism: The Consequential Strife over War, Wine and Women" skenk aandag aan die vyandige ontvangs van Lamont se roman (gepubliseer onder 'n skuilnaam), die fisieke aanval op hom en sy ontslag as lektor van die Universiteit van Pretoria. Hoofstuk VIII, "The Rhetoric of Revenge in Lamont's Halcyon Days inAfrica", ondersoekhoe die outeur, na hy na Engeland teruggekeer het, sy pen as wapen gebruik het in 'n teenaanval op sy Afrikaanse vyande in Suid-Afrika. Hoofstuk IX, "Stuart Cloete's Portrayal of the Voortrekkers in Turning Wheels", fokus op die uitbeelding van verskeie etniese tipes in sy gallery karakters. Hoofstuk X, "The Controversy over Tumng Wheels", bespreek die vyandige en klaarblyklike georkestreerde reaksie op Cloete se boek, en hoe dit uiteindelik verban is. Hoofstuk XI, "Conclusion: Quod Era! Demonstrandum", bied 'n opsomming van verskei tematiese bevindinge aan, wat deur 'n gedetaileerde ondersoek van die romans opgelewer is.

本篇論文主要呈現非裔劇作家奧古斯特˙威爾森在《鋼琴課》劇中，如何藉由書寫黑人經驗來解構被白人扭曲的黑人歷史，從而建構真實的黑人歷史。威爾森在此劇中透過三個重要的議題：黑人的遷徙、奴隸制度、以及藍調，來探究舊有的和新開發的黑人認同。為了進一步說明劇作家在黑人主體上的看法，史都華˙霍爾（Stuart Hall）的後現代認同觀念便可作為此研究的大前提：主體並不是由個別的、單一的認同所組成，而是同時由數個認同所構成。理論部分，史都華˙霍爾對文化認同與漂泊離散（diaspora）的概念、保羅˙吉爾羅伊（Paul Gilroy）對漂泊離散、奴隸制度、與黑人音樂的闡述、米歇˙傅柯（Michel Foucault）的對抗記憶（counter-memory）與歷史的觀念以及法蘭茲˙法農（Frantz Fanon）的後殖民理論均被運用來閱讀《鋼琴課》這一劇。 本論文共分為五個章節。第一章提供劇作家、劇本、以及理論架構的一般介紹。第二章處理黑人漂泊離散認同（diasporic identity）的議題，而此認同展現於黑人的遷徙經驗上。劇中男主角威利男孩（Boy Willie）最後決定要返回南方的家，他的決心使他有別於待在北方的其他黑人。第三章透過審視鋼琴與鬼的意義與功用，著重在黑人種族認同（racial identity）的討論上。威利男孩與白人鬼的爭鬥突顯威爾森對黑人自主權的重視。第四章探索藍調跟文化認同（cultural identity）的關連性。劇中女主角柏妮斯（Berniece）藉由彈奏鋼琴來召喚祖靈，此不僅幫助她與過去作連結，並使她得到一個正面的自我確認形象。第五章是結論，總結威爾森在此劇中所展現的新的黑人認同。 / This thesis attempts to show how August Wilson deconstructs the white distortion of black history and constructs an authentic black history by writing about the black experience in The Piano Lesson. Wilson explores the old and the new black identities from three significant issues of migration, slavery, and the blues respectively in the play. In order to further explicate the playwright’s arguments on the black subject, Stuart Hall’s idea of postmodern identity serves as a major premise: the subject is composed not of a single, unitary, but of several identities at the same time. Stuart Hall’s idea about cultural identity and diaspora, Paul Gilroy’s elaboration on diaspora, slavery, and black music, Michel Foucault’s theory of counter-memory and the concept of history, and Frantz Fanon’s postcolonial argument are applied to the reading of The Piano Lesson. The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter One provides a general introduction to the playwright, the play, and the theoretical framework. Chapter Two deals with the issue of black diasporic identity, which is demonstrated in black migration. Boy Willie’s final decision to return home in the South distinguishes him from those who stay in the North. Chapter Three centers on the discussion of black racial identity by scrutinizing the meaning and function of the piano and the ghosts. Boy Willie’s fighting with the white ghost foregrounds Wilson’s concern over black autonomy. Chapter Four explores the relationship between the blues and cultural identity. Berniece’s invocation to her ancestors through playing the piano helps her connect with the past and gain a positive image of self-recognition. Chapter Five is the conclusion which sums up the manifestation of Wilson’s construction of new black identities in the play.