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Chris Broodryk

Chris Broodryk

Chris Broodryk (PhD, University of Cape Town) is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria. His trans-disciplinary research focuses on identity dynamics and cultural expression, which ranges across film studies, television studies, social media studies, and climate action. He has published academic articles, book reviews, film reviews, and play reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of African Cinemas and Critical Arts. He is the editor of Public Intellectuals in South Africa: Critical Voices from the Past (Wits University Press, 2021).

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 9September 30, 2024<October 4, 2024

The Pretorian Paradise Paradox: Waiting and Contemplating in the Middling City

Chris Broodryk
In the lead-up to South Africa’s first democratic elections, the television series Tropical Heat used Pretoria to double as a fictional Florida city. Chris Broodryk considers the complex political dynamics of the series and its transformation of Pretoria into a “retrotopian” space.

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