Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape
Applying notions of interdiscursivity, commodification of discourse (Fairclough 1993) and semiotic remediation (Bolter and Grusin 2000), this paper analyses toilet graffiti in men’s and women’s toilets at the University of the Western Cape in order to capture how the toilet walls become platforms wh...
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doaj-42818f006f5547eb86db84195ccea6d92020-11-25T03:04:36ZafrStellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus1726-541X2224-33802018-11-01550274510.5842/55-0-778Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western CapeFerris, Fiona0Banda, Felix 1University of South AfricaUniversity of the Western CapeApplying notions of interdiscursivity, commodification of discourse (Fairclough 1993) and semiotic remediation (Bolter and Grusin 2000), this paper analyses toilet graffiti in men’s and women’s toilets at the University of the Western Cape in order to capture how the toilet walls become platforms where texts associated with other genres and discourses are appropriated, remediated, and transformed for expanded production and consumption of meaning. In turn, it explores the ideological and identity manifestations of the inscriptions in the transformed and remediated semiotic material, and the dialogicality and the trajectory of the texts across space and time. Thereafter, a discussion is presented of the implications of the expanded meaning potentials resulting from blended and recontextualized discourses from other genres and cultural contexts.http://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/778Toilet graffitiidentityremediationUWC |
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Ferris, Fiona Banda, Felix |
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Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape |
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Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape |
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Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape |
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Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape |
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Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape |
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recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the university of the western cape |
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Stellenbosch University |
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus |
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1726-541X 2224-3380 |
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2018-11-01 |
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Applying notions of interdiscursivity, commodification of discourse (Fairclough 1993) and semiotic remediation (Bolter and Grusin 2000), this paper analyses toilet graffiti in men’s and women’s toilets at the University of the Western Cape in order to capture how the toilet walls become platforms where texts associated with other genres and discourses are appropriated, remediated, and transformed for expanded production and consumption of meaning. In turn, it explores the ideological and identity manifestations of the inscriptions in the transformed and remediated semiotic material, and the dialogicality and the trajectory of the texts across space and time. Thereafter, a discussion is presented of the implications of the expanded meaning potentials resulting from blended and recontextualized discourses from other genres and cultural contexts. |
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Toilet graffiti identity remediation UWC |
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