Monarchs, Missionaries and African Intellectuals : African Theatre and the Unmaking of Colonial Marginality

Centred on the Mariannhill Mission and the Bantu Dramatic Society, Peterson examines the early development of black theatre in South Africa and the entanglements of different intellectual traditions. He highlights the intellectual formation of the early African elite in relation to colonial authorit...

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Autor principal: Peterson, Bhekizizwe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Note on Zulu Orthography
  • Introduction: Staging the (Alien)nation: African Theatre and the Colonial Experience
  • 1. 'All Work and No Play Makes Civilisation Unattractive to the Masses': Theatre and Mission Education at Mariannhil
  • 2. 'I Will Open My Mouth in Parables': Accounting for the Crevices in Redemption
  • 3. Parallel Time, Parallel Signs, Discordant Interpretations
  • 4. B.W. Vilakazi and the Poetics of the Mental War Zone
  • 5. The Bantu Men's Social Centre: Meeting the Devil on His Own Ground
  • 6. The Bantu Dramatic Society According to a Gossip Columnist
  • 7. Contesting 'The Bantu Imagination': The British Drama League and the New Africans
  • 8. H.I.E. Dhlomo: Measuring the Distance between Armageddon and Revolution
  • 9. The Black Bulls: Assembling the Broken Gourds
  • 10 Hegemony and Identity: What a Difference 'Play' Makes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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