Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415182441 ISBN 13: 9780415182447

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"A gem for scholars interested in new research on a previously ignored topic, this anthology reveals a growing international theatrical movement... Recommended for anyone interested in the theater, politics, and culture of South Africa, Africa, and African Americans."
-"Choice, September 1999

Synopsis:

This is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the lives of Black South African women. It represents the work of national and international award-winning authors such as Gcina Mhlophe, Fatima Dike, Duma Ndlovu, Sindiwe 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0415182441
• ISBN 13: 9780415182447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Perkins Kathy