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100 1 _aOrton, Bev,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWomen, activism and apartheid South Africa :
_busing play texts to document the herstory of South Africa /
_cby Bev Orton (University of Hull, UK).
264 1 _bEmerald Publishing Limited,
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) ;
_ccm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis 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.
588 0 _aPrint version record
650 0 _aWomen
_xPolitical activity
_zSouth Africa.
650 0 _aWomen
_zSouth Africa
_xHistory.
650 7 _aSocial Science
_xGender Studies.
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650 7 _aGender studies: women.
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776 _z9781787545267
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787545250
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