Rhetorics of resistance : : opposition journalism in apartheid South Africa / / Bryan Trabold.
The period of apartheid was a perilous time in South Africa's history. This book examines the tactics of resistance developed by those working for the Weekly Mail and New Nation, two opposition newspapers published in South Africa in the mid- and late 1980s. The government, in an attempt to cra...
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| Superior document: | Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : : University of Pittsburgh Press,, [2018] 2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (409 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- "That's how nutty it was" : media in apartheid South Africa and the birth of the Weekly Mail and New Nation
- "In the interest of the public" : exploiting gaps within the apartheid government
- "Oblique speak" : rhetorical tactics for constructing meaning subversively
- "A hope in hell" : the legal approach of the Weekly Mail
- "The Nats believed in legalism" : New Nation's legal and ideological openings
- "Make one hell of a noise" : the struggle of New Nation and Weekly Mail to stay alive
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. Key apartheid censorship statutes
- Appendix B. Information revealed using the protected space of the courts
- Appendix C. ANC testimony
- Appendix D. New Nation articles on ANC activities abroad
- Appendix E. Bible readings from religion pages of New Nation
- Appendix F. Political issues covered in religion pages of New Nation.