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Author:

Orton, Bev, author.

Title:

Women, activism and apartheid South Africa : using play texts to document the herstory of South Africa / by Bev Orton, University of Hull, UK.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Emerald Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

211 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

1900-1999
South African drama--20th century--History and criticism.
Women political activists--South Africa--History and criticism.
Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--History and criticism.
Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History and criticism.
Women--History and criticism.--South Africa--History and criticism.
Women--South Africa--History and criticism.
South African drama.
Women--Political activity.
Women.
Anti-apartheid activists.
Anti-apartheid movements.
Women political activists.
South Africa.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index.

Contents:

p. 167. Twenty Years On and 'So, What's New?' p. 15 -- Chapter 2 'Wathint Abafazi'Wathint' -- You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock p. 47 -- Chapter 3 Glass House: A Clash of Two Cultures, Detention and Aggression p. 69 -- Chapter 4 Born in the RSA: Lies, Manipulation, Violence and Solitary Confinement p. 91 -- Chapter 5 Have You Seen Zandile? Gogo and her Granddaughter p. 111 -- Chapter 6 'So What's New?' The Bold and the Beautiful p. 137 -- Chapter 7 Women, Protest and Theatre p. 157 -- Chapter 8 Twenty Years On and 'So, What's New?' p. 167.

Summary:

This book investigates women's political activism and conflict in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, examining issues around domestic violence, racial abuse and women in detention without trial. It builds on the theatrical analysis within play texts such as 'You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock' 'Glass House', 'Born in the RSA' 'Has Anyone Seen Zandile?' and 'So What's New?' to chart participation in the struggle against apartheid between 1975 and 1993, providing a political, economic and social herstory of South African women's activism. Further, the focus on play texts addresses the dearth of knowledge of pertinent herstorical moments, women's fight for political agency and equality, how apartheid laws affected women's role in theatre and provides a feminist lens and insight into how these laws affected the herstory of South Africa. The inclusion of a critical perspective from women who wrote plays and worked in theatre takes the book beyond a purely theatrical analysis. It seeks to explore how theatre as a form can help write a 'herstory' of apartheid, not only to document the reality of women's experiences but also as a means to imagine different realities.

ISBN:

9781787545250
1787545253
9781787545267
1787545261

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1038392525

LCCN:

2018419026

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)