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Author:

Lewis, Megan, 1968- author.

Title:

Performing Whitely in the postcolony : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life / Megan Lewis.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xv, 246 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Theater--South Africa.
Performing arts--South Africa.
Afrikaners in literature.
Whites in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Afrikaners--Race identity--South Africa.
Whites--Race identity--South Africa.
South Africa--Social conditions--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: stakes of performance and race, north and south -- Introduction: whiteness in the global imaginary -- Laagers of whiteness: Afrikaner ascendency and the staging of a nation -- Rehearsing a white nation: Afrikaner performances of volk identity (1904-2009) -- Hyphens of humanity: whiteness and nostalgia in the work of Deon Opperman -- Queering Afrikanerdom: the performative maneuvers of Pieter-Dirk Uys -- Abject Afrikaner, iconoclast trekker: Peter van Heerden's performance interventions within the laagers of white masculinity -- Vuilgeboosted gangstas and romanties Afrikaner rappers: the zef whiteness of Die Antwoord and Jack Parow -- conclusion.

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture

ISBN:

1609384474
9781609384470

OCLC:

(OCoLC)946463306

LCCN:

2016007770

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)