Popular Writing in Post-Transitional South Africa as an Agency of Socio-Cultural Change; or, ‘Meet Mzansi's Mr and Mrs New Black

The article examines how popular writing—such as mainstream fiction, magazines, lifestyle columns, and other widely consumed cultural texts—functions as a tool for socio-cultural transformation in post-transitional South Africa. It argues that these forms of writing not only reflect but actively shape new identities, aspirations, and social norms emerging after apartheid. Through the idea of “Mzansi's Mr and Mrs New Black,” the article explores representations of middle-class Black South Africans and how these portrayals contribute to discussions about modernity, class mobility, race relations, and cultural re-imagining. Popular writing is presented as an influential cultural force that mediates between historical memory and contemporary societal change.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Narunsky-Laden, Sonja

Đề mục:

Literary studies

Nhà xuất bản:

Taylor & Francis

Ngày xuất bản:

2010

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Định dạng:

pdf

Định danh tư liệu:

https://doi.org/10.1080/00138398.2010.488341

Nguồn gốc:

English Studies in Africa, Volume 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-78,123

Liên kết:

ISSN 0013-8398

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Popular Writing in Post-Transitional South Africa as an Agency of Socio-Cultural Change; or, ‘Meet Mzansi's Mr and Mrs New Black

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