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Analysing the construction of South African youth in historical-related images and texts around the time of 16 June 2011.

dc.contributor.authorGlanvill, S
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-19T09:56:15Z
dc.date.available2012-07-19T09:56:15Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis paper aims to investigate how young people in post-apartheid South Africa are being constructed in negative waysin the light of how we commemorate and teach the Anti-apartheidstruggle. Is it possible to teach the stories of the past without burdening this generation with guilt and paralysing the youth in terms of their own struggles? It specifically focus on how the media are currently reconstructing the struggle icons as superhuman, and in so doing, implying that the youth can never live up to the achievements of these heroes. I am interested in how history, as it is taught in our schools can play a role in restoring agency and a healthy respect for the past.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGlanvill, S. 2012. Analysing the construction of South African youth in historical-related images and texts around the time of 16 June 2011. Yesterday & today, 7:169-184, Jul. [http://www.sashtw.org.za/index2.htm] [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/5126]en_US
dc.identifier.issn2223-0386
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/6857
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West Universityen_US
dc.subjectMediaen_US
dc.subjectConstruction of youthen_US
dc.subjectCommemorationen_US
dc.subjectIconsen_US
dc.subjectJune 16, 2011en_US
dc.subjectHistory lessonsen_US
dc.subjectYouth agencyen_US
dc.titleAnalysing the construction of South African youth in historical-related images and texts around the time of 16 June 2011.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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