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

• Autore: Lewis Megan <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 792.0968
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Social conditions 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Performing Whitely in the Postcolony
• ISBN: 1-60938-448-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136080303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in theatre history and culture.