Drama for a New South Africa: Seven Plays ( Drama & Performance

Drama for a New South Africa: Seven Plays ( Drama & Performance Studies (Paperback) )

Contributor(s): Graver, David (Editor)

ISBN: 0253213266 EAN: 9780253213266

Publisher: Indiana University Press (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 17.95 US

Binding: Paperback - Other Formats

Pub Date: January 22, 2000

Publisher Marketing: ..". a solid addition to international drama." --Library Journal Going beyond the parameters of conventional literary drama, these seven new plays express life issues in post-apartheid South Africa--Islamic fundamentalism, women's rights, ecology, Afrikaans culture and the new multi-racial life of the inner city. While theater rooted in the anti-apartheid movement was rich and vibrant, it was also singleminded in focus, obscuring the diversity of South African culture now brought to life in these works.