Performing whitely in the postcolony : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life /
Lewis, Megan, 1968-
Performing whitely in the postcolony : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life / Megan Lewis. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - Studies in theatre history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781609384487
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.
Electronic Books.
PN2984 / .P474 2016
Performing whitely in the postcolony : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life / Megan Lewis. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - Studies in theatre history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781609384487
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.
Electronic Books.
PN2984 / .P474 2016