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Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography
Thesis (PhD (Heritage and Museums Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/100972 Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography O'Connell, Siona motsane@gmail.com Seabela, Motsane Getrude UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gertrude Shope Heritage Memory Liberation struggle Women Biography Marginalisation Memorialisation African National Congress (ANC) ANC women’s section Patriarchy Thesis (PhD (Heritage and Museums Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2024. This study sets out to highlight the marginalisation of women with Gertrude Shope at the centre by examining her presence and absence in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle. By so doing, weaving together glimpses of her life towards the ultimate writing of her biography. This thesis seeks to illustrate through the perusal of the African National Congress’ policies to redress the racial, colonial, and apartheid South African society. l argue that these policies are entrenched in masculinities and patriarchal outlooks rooted in ANC traditions. Notwithstanding the colonial and apartheid legislation that thrived on segregation and relegating Africans to the lowest barrel of society. My thesis proposes that irrespective of long periods of contribution to the liberation struggle of South Africa, women have continuously been marginalised in the memory and heritage of South Africa. While the study puts the spotlight on Gertrude Shope as one of the sidelined female leaders in the African National Congress (ANC) who contributed to the fight against the oppressive apartheid system, broadly this research seeks to highlight the importance of recognising women and their contribution in the memory and heritage of the liberation struggle of South Africa. In its thrust, this is an interdisciplinary study which chiefly lies in feminism studies and also draws from the visual, memory and oral history studies to illustrate how patriarchal attitudes and traditions within the ANC have played a role in how women are memorialised post-apartheid. I do so by also examining the South African heritage landscape and the various biographical representations such as monuments, streets, and songs. University of Pretoria Postgraduate Bursary Mellon Foundation Historical and Heritage Studies PhD (Heritage and Museums Studies) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-05: Gender equality 2025-02-17T07:58:09Z 2025-02-17T07:58:09Z 2025-04 2024 Thesis * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100972 doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28424729 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gertrude Shope Heritage Memory Liberation struggle Women Biography Marginalisation Memorialisation African National Congress (ANC) ANC women’s section Patriarchy Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography |
| title | Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography |
| title_full | Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography |
| title_fullStr | Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography |
| title_short | Not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist : locating Gertrude Shope in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle : towards a biography |
| title_sort | not just a supporting act or a backing vocalist locating gertrude shope in the memory and heritage of the south african liberation struggle towards a biography |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gertrude Shope Heritage Memory Liberation struggle Women Biography Marginalisation Memorialisation African National Congress (ANC) ANC women’s section Patriarchy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100972 |