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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in theatre history and culturePublication details: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781609384487
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN2984 .P474 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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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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.

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