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.