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Politics and Performance

Politics and Performance

Theatre, Poetry and Song in Southern Africa
Edited by Liz Gunner
Distribution: Sales territory is limited to the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Canada, and Mexico
Publication date: 8/1/1995
Format: paper 304 pages
6 x 8.75
ISBN: 978-1-86814-214-9
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“This collection plays a valuable role in bringing together under one roof a range of contemporary work in Southern African cultural studies. By showcasing the work in this way, it will hopefully provide a sharpened focus for debate and pave the way for further anthologies of this type.” —South African Historical Journal

Important studies of popular culture today in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.

Author Bio

LIZ GUNNER teaches African literature in the Department of African Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Struggle for Space—Liz Gunner
Towards Popular Theatre in South Africa—Ian Steadman
Apartheid and the Political Imagination in Black South African Theatre—Bhekizizwe Peterson
Trends in Zimbabwean Theatre Since 1980—Stephen Chifunyise
Backstage on the Frontline: Iluba Elimnyama - a Bulawayo Theatre Collective—Evie Globerman
Basadi ba baeng/visiting women: Female Migrant Performance from the Northern Transvaal—Deborah James
Song, Story and Nation: Women as singers and actresses in Zimbabwe—Moreblessings Chitauro, Caleb Dube, Liz Gunner
Traditions of Poetry in Natal—Ari Sitas
Political Autobiography in Search of Liberation: Working Class theatre, Collaboration and the Construction of Identity—Paul Gready
Reflections on a Cultural Day of Artists and Workers on 16 April 1989—Ali Khangela Hlongwane
Marotholi Travelling Theatre: Towards an Alternative Perspective of Development—Zakes Mda
Theatre for Development in Zimbabwe: An Urban Project—R. Mshengu Kavanagh
Mental Colonisation or Catharsis? Theatre, Democracy and Cultural struggle from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe—Preben Kaarsholm
Patronage, the State and Ideology in Zambian Theatre—Stewart Crehan
Interview: Gcina Mhlophe—Tyrone August
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