Shakespeare and the Coconuts - On post-apartheid South African culture (Paperback)

The term "coconut" is one of several edible designations used to describe someone who, due to his or her behavior, identifications, or because they have been raised by whites, is "black" on the "outside" and "white" on the "inside." 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. "Shakespeare and the Coconuts" offers an alternative vision that reformulates simplistic racial binaries through an interrogation of the relationship between "Shakespeare" and a particular construction of what it means to be "South African" and "African." Beginning with Solomon Plaatjie, the author looks at the development of an elite group educated in English and able to use Shakespeare to formulate South African works and identities. Distiller then explores the South African Shakespearian tradition postapartheid. "Shakespeare and the Coconuts" engages with aspects of South Africa's complicated political and cultural worlds, and their intersections.

General

Imprint:	Wits University Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	February 2013
Authors:	Natasha Distiller
Dimensions:	215 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	245
ISBN-13:	978-1-86814-561-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Promotions
LSN:	1-86814-561-1
Barcode:	9781868145614

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