The gayle I know: a story about language, friendship and subjectivity
| dc.contributor.author | Mulligan, Lauren | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-24T13:15:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-24T13:15:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of the Arts (Film and Television) in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, August 2018 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | This research takes the form of a short film (16 minutes), tackling the complexity of gayle in its circulation and the role of performance in constructing and maintaining identity amongst LGBTQ+ coloured users in Cape Town. The existing literature on gayle focuses on exclusively English-speaking white male participants, exposing a gap in the current literature on this subject that ignores the lived experiences of coloured users. I accessed friends, family and acquaintances in my fieldwork to explore the socio-political currency of the code and the relationship between language, identity and performance within a particular fraternity. Furthermore, this research explores the movement of the code from subculture to its appropriation by popular culture by referencing the work of Dick Hebdige. The delivery outcomes include a report exploring the subjectivity of the research that exposes the relationship between the participants, the researcher and the research. Using these ethnographic strategies, the film moves between observational, non-observational and participatory modes. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | XL2019 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/27233 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The gayle I know: a story about language, friendship and subjectivity | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |
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