The liminal and inconclusive rites of passage in Tsotsi and District 9

• Main Author: Zhang, Jane Yu Fang
• Other Authors: Bede Tregear Scott
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44811
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The focus of this paper highlights the significance of liminality. Filmed in post apartheid South Africa, in 2005 and 2009 respectively, Tsotsi and District 9 address current and concrete issues pertaining to the country’s historical and political conditions. A close study of the mise-en-scene analy...