- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 246 pages)
- Series Statement
- Studies in theatre history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Performing whitely in the postcolony (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Performing whitely in the postcolony (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2016007770
- OCLC
- ssj0001728607
- Author
Lewis, Megan, 1968-
- Title
Performing whitely in the postcolony [electronic resource] : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life / Megan Lewis.
- Imprint
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
- Series
Studies in theatre history and culture
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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