Browsing Historical and Heritage Studies by Subject "Volksmoeder"

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Moulding volksmoeders or volks enemies? Female students at the University of Pretoria, 1920-1970

Van der Merwe, Ria (Historical Association of South Africa, 2011-05)

One of the key elements that Afrikaner nationalist ideologues have used over the last two centuries as a mobilising force is a stylised version of ideal Afrikaner womanhood. The volksmoeder became the prototype for ...
Poor whitism : the fictional volksmoeder in South African novels,1920s–1940s

Pretorius, Sian Eve (Historical Association of South Africa, 2019-05)

The phenomenon of the “poor white” social class dominated much of the academic, media and entertainment spheres for the first half of the twentieth century. This article examines poor white women as depicted in both fiction ...
The South African War and Afrikaner nationalism in Afrikaans-language films and television : changing representations circa 1930s - 2000s

Verkerk, Domonique-Marie (University of Pretoria, 2023)

The South African War is an important historical event for Afrikaners, not only because of the suffering endured, but also for how the war came to symbolise Afrikaner identity and ethno-nationalism. The South African War ...

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