Women, activism and apartheid South Africa : using play texts to document the herstory of South Africa / by Bev Orton (University of Hull, UK).
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TextPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, Description: 1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) ; cmISBN: 9781787545250 (e-book)Subject(s): Women -- Political activity -- South Africa | Women -- South Africa -- History | Social Science -- Gender Studies | Gender studies: womenAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 305.420968 LOC classification: HQ1236.5.S6 | O78 2018Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: This book investigates women's political activism and conflict in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, examining issues around domestic violence, racial abuse and women in detention without trial. It builds on the theatrical analysis within play texts such as 'You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock' 'Glass House', 'Born in the RSA' 'Has Anyone Seen Zandile?' and 'So What's New?' to chart participation in the struggle against apartheid between 1975 and 1993, providing a political, economic and social herstory of South African women's activism. Further, the focus on play texts addresses the dearth of knowledge of pertinent herstorical moments, women's fight for political agency and equality, how apartheid laws affected women's role in theatre and provides a feminist lens and insight into how these laws affected the herstory of South Africa. The inclusion of a critical perspective from women who wrote plays and worked in theatre takes the book beyond a purely theatrical analysis. It seeks to explore how theatre as a form can help write a 'herstory' of apartheid, not only to document the reality of women's experiences but also as a means to imagine different realities.
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| HQ1236.5.M6 M43 1994 Los medios y los modos | HQ1236.5.M6 M8538 2000 Mujeres ciudadanía y poder | HQ1236.5.M6 P373 1995 Participación política | HQ1236.5.S6 O78 2018 Women, activism and apartheid South Africa : | HQ1236.5.U6 B76 2008 Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace | HQ1237 .E53 2015 Enabling gender equality | HQ1237 .G46 2017 Gender panic, gender policy / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book investigates women's political activism and conflict in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, examining issues around domestic violence, racial abuse and women in detention without trial. It builds on the theatrical analysis within play texts such as 'You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock' 'Glass House', 'Born in the RSA' 'Has Anyone Seen Zandile?' and 'So What's New?' to chart participation in the struggle against apartheid between 1975 and 1993, providing a political, economic and social herstory of South African women's activism. Further, the focus on play texts addresses the dearth of knowledge of pertinent herstorical moments, women's fight for political agency and equality, how apartheid laws affected women's role in theatre and provides a feminist lens and insight into how these laws affected the herstory of South Africa. The inclusion of a critical perspective from women who wrote plays and worked in theatre takes the book beyond a purely theatrical analysis. It seeks to explore how theatre as a form can help write a 'herstory' of apartheid, not only to document the reality of women's experiences but also as a means to imagine different realities.
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