ISBN:
0857735837
,
9780857735836
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 319 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
International library of African studies volume 44
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Evans, Martha Broadcasting the end of apartheid
DDC:
302.23450968
Keywords:
Mandela, Nelson
;
Mandela, Nelson
;
Television and politics History 20th century
;
Apartheid in mass media
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
Apartheid in mass media
;
Television and politics
;
Television
;
Apartheid
;
Development studies
;
Chronologies
;
History
;
South Africa Chronology History
;
South Africa
Abstract:
"South Africa came late to television; when it finally arrived in the late 1970s the rest of the world had already begun to boycott the country because of apartheid. While the ruling National Party feared the integrative effects of television, they did not foresee how exclusion from globally unifying broadcasts would gradually erode their power. South Africa was barred from participating in some of television's greatest global attractions (including sporting events such as the Olympics and contests such as Miss World). With the release of Nelson Mandela from prison came a proliferation of large-scale live broadcasts as the country was permitted to return to international competition, and its re-admittance was played out on television screens across the world. These events were pivotal in shaping and consolidating the country's emerging post-apartheid national identity. Broadcasting the End of Apartheid assesses the socio-political effects of live broadcasting on South Africa's transition to democracy. Martha Evans argues that just as print media had a powerful influence on the development of Afrikaner nationalism, so the 'liveness' of television helped to consolidate the post-apartheid South African national identity."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Abstract:
Media events and South African national identity -- Events envy : South Africa's exclusion from the media events of the '60s, '70s and '80s -- The Shamanizing Ayatollah : Mandela and the dismantling of apartheid -- Disrupting the centre : 'liveness' and the negotiation of disaster during the transition -- The televised birth of the rainbow nation : the election and Mandela's inauguration -- Consolidation : South Africa's return to the global fold and the making of Madiba.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index
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