Laughing with Sam Sly: the cultural politics of satire and colonial british identity in the Cape Colony, c. 1840-1850
This article examines Sam Sly's African Journal (1843-51), a literary and satirical newspaper published by William Layton Sammons in Cape Town. It contends that the newspaper utilised satire to forge British cultural affinity in the colony, as well as to encourage and preserve the conservative...
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| Language: | English |
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University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research and the History Department
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Kronos |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0259-01902010000100002 |