This study analyses the historical development of South African cinema up to he book's original publication in 1988. It describes the films and comments on their relationship to South African realitie
If life were a game, what would be the objective? This is a question the author has asked himself, his clients, and his friends for quite some time, with some very interesting responses. Some give a s
Studies of cultural tourism and indigenous identity are fraught with questions concerning exploitation, entitlement, ownership and authenticity. Unease with the idea of leveraging a group identity for
This handbook attempts to fill the gap in empirical scholarship of media and communication research in Africa, from an Africanist perspective. The collection draws on expert knowledge of key media and
The San or Bushmen of southern Africa have exerted a fascination over generations of writers and scholars, from novelists and anarchists to ethnologists and geneticists, and also occupy a special plac
Cultural Studies has evolved and continues to evolve primarily along regional lines. However uncomfortable this might be, the genie of British cultural studies cannot be returned to the bottle of hist
The Eiffel Tower - once a proud symbol of industrial development, now an alluring come-on to a romantic vacation in Paris. Nelson Mandela - originally a grassroots hero of the liberation from aparthe
Mostly South African scholars of communications and archaeology look at contemporary indigenous communities in the country from the perspective of observer-observed relations. Their topics include rep
This work on the San is a team-based ethnography in which South Africans are studying other South Africans. It is a new environment in which many San are no longer hunter-gatherers, but are activists,
A deluxe edition of super-charged, original and classic short stories. Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, time travel, robots and more this brilliant collection brings together the best of today's writers (ma
