| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 390 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Composition, literacy, and culture
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Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "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. |
| Summary |
"The period of apartheid was a perilous time in South Africa's history. Rhetorics of resistance 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 1980s. The government, in an attempt to crack down on political resistance, had imposed martial law and even greater restrictions on the press. Bryan Trabold examines the writing, legal, and political strategies developed by those working for these newspapers to challenge the censorship restrictions. Despite the many steps taken by the government to silence them, including detaining the editor of the New Nation for two years and temporarily closing both newspapers, the Weekly Mail and New Nation not only continued to publish but also increased their circulations and obtained strong domestic and international support. New Nation ceased publication in 1994 after South Africa made the transition to democracy, but the Weekly Mail, now the Mail & Guardian, continues to publish and remains one of South Africa's most respected newspapers." --Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Freedom of the press -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Freedom of the press. |
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South Africa. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Journalism -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Journalism. |
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- 20th century.
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Journalism -- Political aspects. |
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African newspapers -- History -- 20th century.
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African newspapers. |
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Apartheid -- South Africa.
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Apartheid. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trabold, Bryan. Rhetorics of resistance. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018] 9780822965442 (OCoLC)1016003904 |
| ISBN |
9780822986089 (electronic book) |
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0822986086 (electronic book) |
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9780822965442 |
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0822965445 |
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