Title Performing whitely in the postcolony : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life / Megan Lewis

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

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in theatre history and culture 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Fürstliches Schauspielhaus. gnd Subject Theater -- South Africa Performing arts -- South Africa Afrikaners in literature. White people in literature. Race relations in literature. Afrikaners -- Race identity -- South Africa White people -- Race identity -- South Africa Afrikaners -- South Africa -- Ethnic identity PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General. PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism. Afrikaners in literature Afrikaners -- Race identity Performing arts Race relations in literature Social conditions Theater White people in literature White people -- Race identity Buren Motiv Ethnische Identität Literatur SUBJECT South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject South Africa Südafrika Form Electronic book ISBN 9781609384487 1609384482

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