Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays

ISBN-13: 9780415182447 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str.

Kathy A. Perkins

Opis

This anthology focuses exclusively on the lives of Black South African women. It represents the work of national and international award-winning authors such as Geina Mhlope, Fatima Dike, Duma Ndlovu, Swindiwe Magona and Maishe Maponya, alongside the work of notable emerging writers including Lueen Conning, Ismail Mahomed, Thulani Mtshali, Muthal Naidoo and Magi Williams. The collection includes six full-length and four one-act plays, as well as interviews with the playwrights, who candidly discuss the theatrical and political situation in the new South Africa. It represents an array of men and womens voices, dramatising issues as diverse as: womens 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. Written before and after apartheid, the plays present varying approaches and theatrical styles from solo performances to collective creations.

Recenzje

'Theatre studies and women's studies courses will be the richer for this anthology which helps to address the social and cultural invisibility of South African women.' - Elaine Aston, New Theatre Quarterly

Spis treści

Acknowledgements. Introduction Kathy A. Perkins. The Plays: A Coloured Place Lueen Conning, So What's New? Fatima Dike, House-Hunting in Soweto Sindiwe Magona, Cheaper Than Roses Ismail Mahomed, Umongikazi/The Nurse Maishe Maponya, Have You Seen Zandile? Gcina Mhlophe, WEEMEN Thulani S. Mtshali, Flight From the Mahabarath Muthal Naidoo, Sheila's Day Duma Ndlovu Kwa-Landlady Magi Noninzi Williams. Bibliography.

O autorze

Kathy Perkins