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Lewis Megan <1968-> |
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Performing Whitely in the Postcolony : Afrikaners in South African Theatrical and Public Life / / Megan Lewis |
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Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Studies in theatre history and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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