Discursive Struggle and Social Change in South Africa in the Mid 1990’s
Discursive Struggle and Social Change in South Africa in the Mid 1990’s

Summary/Abstract: Discourse has a twofold significance: it shapes reality, whilstsimultaneously getting shaped by reality. In South Africa, a counter hegemonic discourse econcouraged both by internal and external factors managed to first dislocate, then replacethe narratives of apartheid, bringing about a social change which was convenient for ahistorically oppressed part of society. The majority of the population adhered to the newnarrativ, because it granted them convenient identities, and detached them from the socialstigma that had been perpetuated in their detriment for decades. This article observes thesocial changes in South Africa through the lens of Discourse Theory.

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