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Performing Whitely in the Postcolony: Afrikaners in South African Theatrical and Public Life
Megan Lewis
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paperback. Series: Studies in Theatre History and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; 3JM; AN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
What does it mean to perform whiteness in the postcolonial era? To answer this question—crucial for understanding the changing meanings of race in the twenty-first century—Megan Lewis examines the ways that members of South Africa’s Afrikaner minority have performed themselves into, around, and out of power from the colonial period to the postcolony. The nation’s first European settlers and in the twentieth century the architects of apartheid, since 1994 Afrikaners have been citizens of a multicultural, multilingual democracy. How have they enacted their whiteness in the past, and how do they do so now?
Performing Whitely examines the multiple ... Read more
What does it mean to perform whiteness in the postcolonial era? To answer this question—crucial for understanding the changing meanings of race in the twenty-first century—Megan Lewis examines the ways that members of South Africa’s Afrikaner minority have performed themselves into, around, and out of power from the colonial period to the postcolony. The nation’s first European settlers and in the twentieth century the architects of apartheid, since 1994 Afrikaners have been citizens of a multicultural, multilingual democracy. How have they enacted their whiteness in the past, and how do they do so now?
Performing Whitely examines the multiple ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Theatre History and Culture
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9781609384470
SKU
V9781609384470
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About Megan Lewis
Megan Lewis is assistant professor of theatre in the dramaturgy program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She currently lives and works in the Pioneer Valley of Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
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