Deconstructing the Native/Imagining the Post-Native

ISBN-13: 9783843358873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 72 str.

Arifani Moyo

Opis

This work combines African philosophical discourses with perspectives on cultural performativity to explore the theme of deconstructing the native and imagining the post-native through theatre. The theatre part focuses on the early works of renowned South African director-playwright, Brett Bailey, and their relevance to themes of contemporary African philosophy. Using the concept of engendering space as a point of contact between African intellectual discourse and theatre praxis, the author elucidates how Baileys theatre engendered a physical and metaphysical space in which to deconstruct the native and imagine the post-native. It is therefore argued that Baileys aesthetic revolution has immense ethical consequences for contemporary African society. The author imagines what these consequences are by deconstructing the cultural and moral discourse generated through critical and public responses to Baileys works, which were as controversial as they were groundbreaking.

O autorze

Arifani Moyo was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He studied Drama at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, receiving his MA (cum laude) in 2009. Concurrent with his intellectual pursuits, he has worked independently as an actor, musician, scriptwriter and drama workshop facilitator.