On location: Narratives of the South African city of the late 1940s and 1950s in film and literature

Baines, Gary F

Title: On location: Narratives of the South African city of the late 1940s and 1950s in film and literature
Creator: Baines, Gary F
Date Issued: 2009
Date: 2009
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125397
Identifier: vital:35779
Identifier: https://doi.10.1080/02582470308671922
Description: This article is about narratives, about the forms and meanings constructed by South African storytellers, especially writers and filmmakers. It examines the relationships between examples of these two different narrative forms of literature (fiction and non-fiction) and feature film. Following Turner, the point of departure is that the study of narrative has the potential to provide a framework within which such a two pronged approach can be undertaken. This is not to say that the production of meaning takes place within an exclusive literary or cinematic context. Rather, this approach will allow us to obtain a fuller picture of the narrative of the South African city than is possible by concentrating on one medium. It is based on the premise that narratives are ultimately produced by culture; thus these cultural constructions generate meanings, take on a significance, and assume forms that are articufations of the values, beliefs -the ideology - of the culture.' Literature and film offer specific forms for such narratives. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach which borrows insights from literary and film studies, this article attempts to make a contribution to the fledgling field of South African cultural studies.
Format: 13 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: South African Historical Journal
Relation: Baines, G., 2003. On location: Narratives of the South African city of the late 1940s and 1950s in film and literature. South African Historical Journal, 48(1), pp.35-46
Relation: South African Historical Journal volume 48 number 1 35 46 2009 0258-2473
Rights: South African Historical Journal
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