Browsing Acta Academica by Subject "Historiography"
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Art historiography and Bild-wissenschaft: new perspectives on some objects by the Venda sculptor, Phutuma Seoka
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: It is argued that the apparatus of western art history has been sharpened by the current media consciousness. Typical art historical tools are self-consciously harnessed in the process of scrutinising objects which ... -
Elvis Presley in the South African musical imaginary
(University of the Free State, 2015)This paper derives its impetus from a question an elderly American woman once asked me: “Do people in South Africa know Elvis?” “Of course we South Africans know Elvis!” I replied. Or do we, really? Using a historiographic ... -
Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: In South Africa, the exposure of opera to local cultures and circumstances has in time resulted in a number of opera productions that have departed from Western aesthetic norms and prompted innovations to the ...