OUR PETRIFIED GARDENS. Constructions of identity on South African TV

Authors

  • Susan Hayden

Abstract

By examining TV’s role in rationalizing and validating apartheid, and how such role has changed over time, this article analyses the function that storytelling has played (and plays) in the formulation of the South African identity and in perceptions of what is real.

Author Biography

Susan Hayden

Susan Hayden spends her days admiring her view of Table Mountain, Cape Town, and writing for women’s magazines. She has recently published her first book about wine-makers who surf, “A Passion for Wine and Surf”. She has a Master in English literature (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and one in Communication for Development (Malmö University, Sweden).

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Published

2009-11-01

Issue

No. 13 (2009)

Section

Articles