Experiments In Freedom Explorations of Identity in New South African Drama.2010. Hardcover with d.j. xv,264pp. Bibliogr. Index.

Anton Krueger

ISBN 10: 1443814253 / ISBN 13: 9781443814256

Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Experiments In Freedom Explorations of Identity in New South African Drama.2010. Hardcover with d.j. xv,264pp. Bibliogr. Index.
• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1443814253
• ISBN 13: 9781443814256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Gebraucht / Used

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Synopsis

Experiments in Freedom examines ways in which identities have been represented in recent South African play texts published in English. It begins by exploring descriptions of identity from various philosophical, psychological and anthropological perspectives and elaborates ways in which drama is uniquely suited to represent—as well as to effect—transformations of identity. In exploring the fraught terrain of identity studies, the book examines a selection of play texts in terms of five different discourse of identity—gender, nationalism, ethnicity, syncretism and race. Instead of building a sustained thesis throughout his text, Krueger writes in short bursts about a multiplicity of topics, extending his explorations rhizomatically into the crevices of a new South African society loath to relinquish its stranglehold on the politics of identity.

About the Author

Anton Krueger is a lecturer in the Department of Drama, Rhodes University, South Africa. He has travelled extensively to conferences on theatre and literature and has presented papers in Australia, Russia, China, Amsterdam, Finland, Argentina and Portugal. He holds a DLitt from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Anton is also a poet and a playwright and his work has been performed in nine countries, winning numerous awards along the way. He is published and represented in the USA by Playscripts, New York and in the UK by Stagescripts, London. His first novel, Sal and Me, has recently been released by Deep South, South Africa.