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Interpreting research in South Africa: a bibliometric study
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 59, Iss 0, Pp 45-60 (2020) (2020)
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Multilingualism and the language curriculum in South Africa: contextualising French within the local language ecology
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 51, Iss 0, Pp 23-40 (2017) (2017)
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Professional and personal ethics in translation: a survey of South African translators’ strategies and motivations
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 43, Iss 0, Pp 147-181 (2014) (2014)
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Queering discourses of coming out in South Africa
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 42, Iss 0, Pp 127-148 (2013) (2013)
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The performative act of “coming out” authenticates a homosexual identity and in the South African context the coming out narrative has gained such momentum that it is now regarded as an imperative for closeted homosexuals by the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP). However, coming out has been critiqued by queer theorists who argue that it is problematic because it forces a person into an already established identity category, strengthens the regulation of sexual categories and is complicit in the reconstitution of these categories. In this paper, these queer critiques of coming out will be employed in order to explore the question of why a person is compelled to confess to the ‘truth’ about their homosexuality in South Africa. The data for this exploration is drawn from three non-fiction gay and lesbian books: “Male Homosexuality in South Africa: Identity Formation, Culture and Crises” (1992) by Gordon Isaacs and Brian McKendrick, “Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Same-Sex Practices in Africa” (2005) by Ruth Morgan and Saskia Wieringa, and “Performing Queer: Shaping Sexualities 1994-2004 – Volume 1” (2005) edited by Mikki van Zyl and Melissa Steyn. The data was analysed using content analysis and the findings show how homosexuality is extricated from negative discourses of abnormality, promiscuity and fraudulence and reformulated into positive discourses associated with identity politics, normality and progress. In such positive discourses, a person is compelled into disclosure because it is viewed as a necessary step to combat homophobia and conservative family and social norms. This paper argues that as long as the coming out narrative is embedded in the positive discourses of progress, health and enlightenment, it will remain immune to critique of the role that it plays in strengthening heterosexuality as unitary and normative. Finally, this paper suggests that refusing to succumb to the pressure of categorisation could potentially undermine the constraints of the homosexual/heterosexual binary on which the categories of male and female are contingent.
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African languages and literature; coming out; discourse; homosexuality; P1-1091; Philology. Linguistics; PL8000-8844; queer linguistics; queer theory; south africa
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URL: https://doaj.org/article/5f6a65b755c0409f951170aa1c49989c
https://doi.org/10.5842/42-0-144
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Emotions and HIV/AIDS in South Africa : a multilingual perspective
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 41, Iss 0, Pp 77-89 (2012) (2012)
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Sprachenpolitik und die Rolle der Fremdsprachen (Deutsch) in Südafrika
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 38, Iss 0, Pp 205-214 (2009) (2009)
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Multiple representations of a human rights violation: competing discourses in TRC narratives and related media texts
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 36, Iss 0, Pp 35-65 (2008) (2008)
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Language shift or maintenance? Factors determining the use of Afrikaans among some township youth in South Africa
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, Vol 38, Iss 0, Pp 49-72 (2008) (2008)
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Language policy implementation in South Africa: how Kempton Park's great expectations are dashed in Tshwane
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, Vol 38, Iss 0, Pp 1-26 (2008) (2008)
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Question-answer sequences between doctors and patients in a South African HIV/AIDS day clinic
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 36, Iss 0, Pp 1-34 (2008) (2008)
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South African Sign Language and language-in-education policy in South Africa
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, Vol 38, Iss 0, Pp 165-190 (2008) (2008)
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Study groups and peer roles in mediated academic literacy events in multilingual educational contexts in South Africa
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, Vol 37, Iss 0, Pp 1-21 (2007) (2007)
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Simultaneous interpreting as an aid in parallel-medium tertiary education
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 33, Iss 0, Pp 27-41 (2006) (2006)
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The Shaping Of Cultural Knowledge In South African Translation
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, Vol 36, Iss 0, Pp 35-58 (2005) (2005)
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1996: Why we still need critical language awareness in South Africa
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 29, Iss 0, Pp 172-190 (1996) (1996)
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