Performing Whitely in the Postcolony - Afrikaners in South African Theatrical and Public Life

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Lewis
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781609384470
• ISBN: 978-1-60938-447-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Theatre History and Culture; Studies Theatre Hist & Culture; Studies Theatre Hist & Culture; Studies in Theatre History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous