Natasha Distiller

Shakespeare and the Coconuts (eBook, ePUB)

On post-apartheid South African culture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A unique look at Shakespeare's works' influence on South African writing

In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness. Beginning with Solomon Plaatje, the author looks at the development of an elite group educated in English and able to use Shakespeare to formulate South African works and South African identities. Refusing simple or easy answers, Distiller then explores the South African Shakespearian tradition postapartheid. Touching on the work of, amongst others, Can Themba, Bloke Modisane, Antony Sher, Stephen Francis, Rico Schacherl and Kopano Matlwa, and including the popular media as well as school textbooks, Shakespeare and the Coconuts engages with aspects of South Africa's complicated, painful, fascinating political and cultural worlds, and their intersections. Written in an accessible style to explain current cultural theory, Shakespeare and the Coconuts will be of interest to students, academics and the general interested reader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781868145973
• Artikelnr.: 57257918

Autorenporträt

Natasha Distiller is Research Associate in the Institute for the Humanities in Africa at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.