Representation and Misrepresentation: San regional advocacy and the Global imagery
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University of Chester; University of KwaZulu-NatalPublication Date
2010-07-19
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The San of southern Africa are one of the most represented peoples of southern Africa. Internationally, they are most often depicted as a hunting-gathering people or as a people recently removed from that way of life. Organisations such as Survival International draw on these images for political advocacy and in campaigns for land rights for indigenous peoples. In southern Africa, San organisations fight for similar rights and, despite their membership being comprised of San people, the images and ideas of San-ness are dominated by the global imagery. The images and ideas of the San draw on racialised caricatures and colonial imagery that freeze San imagery into a mythologised past. We argue that this is a limiting factor in political advocacy that constrains the types of responses possible for aboriginal rights in Africa.Citation
Francis, M., & Francis, S. (2010). Representation and Misrepresentation: San regional advocacy and the Global imagery. Critical Arts, 24(2), 210-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/02560041003786490Publisher
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Arts on 19/07/2010, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02560041003786490ISSN
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10.1080/02560041003786490
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