Date of Award
Fall 12-20-2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Pearl McHaney
Second Advisor
Renée Schatteman
Third Advisor
Calvin Thomas
Abstract
South African painter turned photographer, Zwelethu Mthethwa, was born in Durban during Apartheid. In 1980 Mthethwa began taking his photographs in the shanty towns on the outskirts of Cape Town and later took pictures in Mozambique and New Orleans. His work has global significance. Using art and literary theory and criticism, I expand upon the significance of his photographs in the contemporary world. I do “readings” of eight photographs from eight different series of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s work using postcolonial theory, abjection, and cultural studies as theoretical constructs to provide three different angles for interpreting his work.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/3488212
Recommended Citation
Ross, Dusty K., "Readings of Zwelethu Mthethwa's South African Photographs: Postcolonialsim, Abjection, and Cultural Studies." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2012.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/3488212