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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136080303321

Autore

Lewis Megan <1968->

Titolo

Performing Whitely in the Postcolony : Afrikaners in South African Theatrical and Public Life / / Megan Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-60938-448-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in theatre history and culture

Disciplina

792.0968

Soggetti

White people - Race identity - South Africa

Afrikaners - Race identity - South Africa

Race relations in literature

White people in literature

Afrikaners in literature

Performing arts - South Africa

Theater - South Africa

South Africa Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.