The Power of Song: The Role of Afrikaans Patriotic Songs in the Maintenance of Apartheid

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dc.contributor.advisorFine, Abigail
dc.contributor.authorBasson, Suzanne
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-26T19:16:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-26
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I examine how the patriotic songs found in the FAK songbook helped maintain the continued imposition of apartheid. During the start of the 20th century the FAK aimed to solve the ‘poor white problem’ by uplifting the Afrikaner people both economically and culturally. They first set out to unite the Afrikaners by creating a shared heritage, including folk songs. By expanding on Patricia Hill Collins’ theory of controlling images, I argue that the FAK created a controlling sound by associating musical genres with class. The patriotic songs affiliated with the uplifted Afrikaner, in turn, narrated the created heritage with lyrics that promoted settler colonialism. I claim these songs encouraged white ignorance—the disbelief or absence of true belief about systemic white supremacy—and, more importantly, that encouraging their performance is in itself white ignorance.en_US
dc.description.embargo2024-10-17
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/27793
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectAfrikaansen_US
dc.subjectapartheiden_US
dc.subjectcontrolling imageen_US
dc.subjectDie Stemen_US
dc.subjectFAKen_US
dc.subjectwhite ignoranceen_US
dc.titleThe Power of Song: The Role of Afrikaans Patriotic Songs in the Maintenance of Apartheid
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Music and Dance
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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