| Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays Contributor(s): Perkins, Kathy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415182441 ISBN-13: 9780415182447 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: "Black South African Women" is the first single-volume anthology to focus exclusively on the lives of Black South African women. These ten plays about Black South African women challenge simple understandings of life in South Africa both before and after Apartheid, and represent the leading edge of the arts in the emerging new South Africa. Issues such as women s rights, displacement from home, family unity and cohesion, racial identity, education in the old and new South Africa, and issues involving health care all find voices in these pages. These theatrical works, along with verbatim interviews with the playwrights, reach beyond the theater doors onto a stage where a new nation with new prospects, and new challenges, awaits. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822 |
| LCCN: 98018547 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.84" W x 9.66" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Ethnic Orientation - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the lives of Black South African women. This collection represents the work of both female and male writers, including national and international award-winning playwrights. The collection includes six full-length and four one-act plays, as well as interviews with the writers, who candidly discuss the theatrical and political situation in the new South Africa. Written before and after apartheid, the plays present varying approaches and theatrical styles from solo performances to collective creations. The plays dramatise issues as diverse as: * women's rights * displacement from home * violence against women * the struggle to keep families together * racial identity * education in the old and new South Africa * and health care. |