"Popular Culture in South Africa: The Limits of Black Identity in ""Drum"" Magazine"

In my reflection, I consider how commoditized cultural images from a black diaspora extend the imaginative capacity of black South Africans to construct new identities. I argue that a black identity connects to a black diasporic identity and to an abstract modern identity. It finds its cultural recognition in a systemic frame that is wider than South Africa. And within this system, the black identity affirms a cultural closeness of meaning between black and white. In the popular imagination, images of style, that contrast sharply with black material conditions, register an undeniable claim to equal cultural value with other modern cultural identities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• David, Stephen Morris

Contributors dc:contributor

• Zohreh T. Sullivan

• Black Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9996626

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81520