Opposing Apartheid on Stage - King Kong the Musical

A captivating account of an interracial jazz opera that took apartheid South Africa by storm and marked a turning point in the nation's cultural history.

List of contents

Introduction
"Marvelous Muscles": A History of Ezekiel Dlamini, the Real "King Kong"
Creating a "Back of the Moon": The Union of Southern African Artists and Interracial Collaboration Behind the "All-African" Musical
"Quickly in Love": Popular Receptions of 1959 King Kong and Entertaining the Possibilities of a Different South Africa(s)
"Kwela Kong": The Trials and Tribulations of a South African Musical Abroad in 1961
"Sad Times, Bad Times": Issues of Exile, the King Kong Cast, and South African Jazz in Britain, 1961-1980
"The Boy's [and Girl's] Doin' It":Moving to America and Re-Discovering Africa, 1960-1989
"Death Song": The 1979 Remake of King Kong And the Power of Cultural Memories Under Apartheid
Bibliography

About the author

TYLER FLEMING is Associate Professor in the Departments of History & Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. He received his PhD in African History from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009.

Summary

A captivating account of an interracial jazz opera that took apartheid South Africa by storm and marked a turning point in the nation's cultural history.

Product details

• Authors: Tyler Fleming, Tyler (Customer) Fleming
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781580469852
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-985-2
• No. of pages: 428
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 839 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous