Experiments in freedom : explorations of identity in new South African drama / by Anton Krueger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krueger, Anton Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South African drama (English)--History and criticism.

South African drama (English).

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Experiments in Freedom examines ways in which identities have been represented in recent South African play texts. It examines 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 discusses a selection of published play texts in terms of four discourses of identit...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART II; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; PART III; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; PART IV; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; PART V; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; PART VI; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX; PART VII; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-58807-9

9786612588075

1-4438-1611-6

OCLC:

823721166