Breaking into the conversation: cultural value and the role of the South African National Arts Festival from apartheid to democracy

Snowball, Jeanette D; Webb, Arthur C M

Title: Breaking into the conversation: cultural value and the role of the South African National Arts Festival from apartheid to democracy
Creator: Snowball, Jeanette D
Creator: Webb, Arthur C M
Date Issued: 2008
Date: 2008
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71311
Identifier: vital:29832
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286630802106326
Description: The paper examines the value of the South African National Arts Festival (NAF) in the transition to democracy using theories of cultural capital. NAF history from 1974 to 2004 is used to argue that the Festival provided an important arena for the expression of political resistance in the 1980s and, to some degree, continues to do so today. It is concluded that an important part of the value of the arts is their ability to provide a forum for debating the goals and values of society and that individualistic utility theory is not always successful in measuring such social value.
Format: 16 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: International journal of cultural policy
Relation: Snowball, J.D. and Webb, A.C.M., 2008. Breaking into the conversation: Cultural value and the role of the South African National Arts Festival from apartheid to democracy. International journal of cultural policy, 14(2), pp.149-164.
Relation: International journal of cultural policy volume 14 number 2 149 164 2008 1477-2833
Rights: Snowball, Jeanette D and Webb, Arthur C M
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Taylor and Francis Online Open Select Journals statement (https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/openselect)

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