Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis will focus on Barnard’s representations of gender and landscape
during her tour into the interior of the South of Africa. Barnard’s conscious
representation of herself as a woman with many different social roles gives the
reader insight into the developing gender roles at the time of an emerging
feminism. On their tour, Barnard reports on four aspects of the interior, namely
the state of cultivation of the land, the type of food and accommodation available
in the interior, the possibilities for hunting and whether the colony will be a
valuable acquisition for Britain. Barnard’s view of the landscape is representative
of the eighteenth century’s preoccupation with control over and classification of
nature. She values order and cleanliness in her vision of a domesticated
landscape. She appropriates the land in wanting to make it useful and beautiful
to the colonisers. However, her representations of the landscape, as well as its
inhabitants, remain ambivalent in terms of the discourse of imperialism because
she is unable to adopt an unequivocal colonial voice. Her complex interaction
with the world of colonialism is illustrated by, on the one hand, her adherence to
the desire to classify the inhabitants of the colony according to the eighteenth
century’s fascination with classification and, on the other hand, her recognition of
the humanity of the individuals with whom she interacts in a move away from the
colonial stance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis fokus op Barnard se voorstellings van gender en landskap
gedurende haar toer in die binneland van die suide van Afrika. Barnard se
bewuste voorstelling van haarself as ‘n vrou met vele sosiale rolle gee die leser
insig in die ontwikkelende genderrolle gedurende ‘n tydperk van ontluikende
feminisme. Gedurende haar toer doen Barnard verslag oor vier aspekte van die
binneland, naamlik hoeveel van die grond reeds bewerk is, die tipe kos en
akkommodasie wat beskikbaar is, die jagmoontlikhede, en of die kolonie ‘n
waardevolle aanwins vir Brittanje sal wees. Barnard se beskouing van die
landskap is verteenwoordigend van die agtiende-eeuse obsessie met beheer oor
en klassifikasie van die natuur. Sy heg groot waarde aan orde en netheid in haar
visie van ‘n getemde landskap. Sy lê beslag op die land deurdat sy dit bruikbaar
en mooi wil maak vir die kolonialiste. Haar voorstellings van die landskap sowel
as die inwoners weerspieël egter haar ambivalente posisie jeens die koloniale
diskoers omdat sy sukkel om ‘n ondubbelsinnige koloniale stem te gebruik. Haar
komplekse interaksie met die wêreld van kolonialisme word weerspieël deur,
enersyds, haar navolging van die koloniale neiging om die inwoners van die land
te kategoriseer in lyn met die agtiende-eeuse obsessie met klassifikasie en,
andersyds, haar herkenning van die menslikheid van die individue met wie sy
kontak maak in ‘n skuif weg van die koloniale standpunt.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/17744 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Collins, Brenda |
| Contributors | Ellis, Jeanne, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of English. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 90 leaves |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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