Research Catalog

Title

Shakespeare and the coconuts : on post-apartheid South African culture / Natasha Distiller.

Author

Distiller, Natasha.

Publication

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

x, 245 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Influence
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
• 1900-2099
• Literature and society > South Africa > History > 20th century
• Literature and society > South Africa > History > 21st century
• Politics and literature > South Africa > History > 20th century
• Politics and literature > South Africa > History > 21st century
• Post-apartheid era > South Africa
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Literature and society
• Politics and literature
• Post-apartheid era
• Rezeption
• South Africa
• Südafrika
• Südafrika

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-225) and index.

Contents

Chapter 1 Shakespeare in English, English in South Africa 19 -- Chapter 2 'Through Shakespeare's Africa': 'Terror and murder'? 49 -- Chapter 3 Tony's Will: Titus Andronicus in South Africa, 1995 71 -- Chapter 4 Begging the questions: Producing Shakespeare for post-apartheid South African schools 97 -- Chapter 5 English and the African Renaissance 125 -- Chapter 6 Shakespeare and the coconuts 143.

ISBN

• 9781868145614
• 1868145611
• 9781868145973 (canceled/invalid)
• 1868145972 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2012435041
• 99953944635

OCLC

• ocn793224173
• 793224173
• SCSB-1666810

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library