Title: Performing Whitely in the postcolony : Afrikaners in South African theatrical and public life /
Authors: Lewis, Megan, 1968-
Year: 2016
Subjects: Fürstliches Schauspielhaus; 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.; Afrikaners in literature; Afrikaners Race identity; Performing arts; Race relations in literature; Social conditions; Theater; Whites in literature; Whites Race identity; South Africa Social conditions; South Africa
Contents: 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.