Theatres of struggle and the end of apartheid / Belinda Bozzoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bozzoli, Belinda, author.

Series:

International African library ; 29.

International African library ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619412);This is a compelling study of the origins and trajectory of a legendary black uprising against apartheid - the Alexandra Rebellion of 1986. Using insights from the literature on collective action and social movements, it delves deep into the rebellion's inner workings. It examines how the residents of Alexandra - a poverty-stricken, segregated township in Johannesburg - manipulated and overturned the meanings of space, time and power in their sequestered world; how they used political theatre to convey, stage and dramatise their struggle; and how young and old residents generated differing ideologies and tactics, giving rise to a distinct form of generational politics. Theatres of Struggle asks the reader to enter into the world of the rebels, and to confront the moral complexity and social duress they experienced as they invented new social forms and violently attacked old ones."

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GLOSSARY

ABBREVIATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 PLACE, SPACE AND FRAME

3 THE FAILURE OF THE STATE

4 BOUNDED REVOLT

5 GENERATIONS, RESOURCES AND IDEAS

6 COMMANDING THE TERRITORY

7 THE PRIVATE UTOPIA

8 REALISM AND REVOLUTION

9 NATIONALISM AND THEATRICALITY

10 FROM VICTORY TO DEFEAT

11 MEMORY AND FORGETTING

12 EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6467-X