‘Copy Nothing’: Classical Ideals and Afrikaner Ideologies at the Voortrekker Monument

Rankin, Elizabeth; Schneider, Rolf Michael

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“…The SVK paid lip service to the inclusion of English speakers in the centenary celebration and excluded black participation altogether. It resisted the ‘Fusion’ government's stated wish to make the Great Trek centenary an occasion to promote white unity (Rankin & Schneider, 2019: 396).…”

Section: The Svk and The Great Trek Centenarymentioning

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“…But as costs escalated due to inflation and other factors, the government agreed to make good the shortfall. In the event, it provided at least 94% of the funding for the project (Ferreira, 1970; Rankin & Schneider, 2019: 59).…”

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“…He drew a series of sketches for the friezes and, later, for tapestries mounted in the Voortrekker Monument. He also designed a range of souvenirs for the occasion of the centenary commemoration of the Great Trek (De Beer, 1969; Rankin & Schneider, 2019; Van der Watt, 1996).…”

Section: The Voortrekker Commemorative Stampsmentioning

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Propagating Afrikaner nationalism: The Voortrekker stamps as icons of an ideology, c.1933–1949

Baines

2023

Nations and Nationalism

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This paper posits the importance of visual representations in cultivating a national consciousness among white Afrikaners in South Africa. It provides a case study of stamps issued to commemorate the centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 that sought to raise awareness of and funds for the Voortrekker Monument project. Although stamps are, ordinarily, symbols of banal nationalism, the Voortrekker stamps resonated strongly with the sentiments the Afrikaner volk (people). They reified an iconography of the Voortrekkers and the narrative of the Great Trek already embedded in a canon of texts, images and rituals. The paper provides a semiotic reading of the designs of the stamps and shows how they shaped the cultural imaginary of Afrikaners. Although the Voortrekker stamps were issued with the approval of the postal authorities, they were actually commissioned by the Sentrale Volksmonumentekomitee [Central People's Monuments Committee (SVK)], which had close ties to the National Party (NP) opposition. Although the project was largely state sponsored, the SVK insisted upon its autonomy. Thus the government sanctioned a project over which it exercised no jurisdiction. The United Party paid a price for accommodating sectional Afrikaner interests when it lost control of the state in 1948.

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Propagating Afrikaner nationalism: The Voortrekker stamps as icons of an ideology, c.1933–1949

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2023

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“…The head often appears as a discrete element, inserted rather than organically understood as an integral part of the body as a whole. Given the typical male Voortrekker costume, comprising a short buttoned jacket with a small turnover collar, baggy flaptrousers, cut off above 1019 Savage 1997, 12. 1020 See Rankin and Schneider 2017. 1021Bourriot 1995Stewart 1996.…”

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“…Yet, ironically, today's formal Western dress, long trousers and a longsleeved jacket with a Vneck opening, follows not the classical tradition of Greece and Rome but the Asian style.' 1023 For further debate on this topic, see Rankin and Schneider 2017, 206-207. 1024Hildebrand 1907.…”

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From Memory to Marble

Rankin¹,

Schneider²

2020

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From Memory toMarble is an open access monograph in the true sense of the word. Both volumes of the digital version of the book are available in full and free of charge from the date of publication. This approach to publishing democratises access to the latest scholarly publications across the globe. At the same time, a book such as From Memory to Marble, with its unique and exquisite photo graphs of the frieze as well as its wealth of reproduced archival materials, demands reception of a more tradi tional kind, that is, on the printed page. For this reason, the book is likewise available in print as two separate volumes. The printed and digital books should not be seen as separate incarnations; each brings its own advantages, working together to extend the reach and utility of From Memory to Marble to a range of interested readers.

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‘Copy Nothing’: Classical Ideals and Afrikaner Ideologies at the Voortrekker Monument

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Propagating Afrikaner nationalism: The Voortrekker stamps as icons of an ideology, c.1933–1949

Propagating Afrikaner nationalism: The Voortrekker stamps as icons of an ideology, c.1933–1949

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