Gender dynamics and the role of participatory/development theatre in a post-apartheid South Africa: the example of DramAidE.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Loots, Lliane Jennifer. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Young-Jahangeer, Miranda. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-07T13:27:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-07T13:27:26Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1997 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1997. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Participatory education (Friere 1972) and by extension participatory drama/theatre (Boal 1979, Mda 1993) has been regarded as particularly appropriate for oppressed communities, since participatory theatre for development - which involves the active participation of both spectator and actor - encourages disempowered communities and individuals to view change as possible (Mda 1993). However, taking DramAidE (Drama in AIDS Education) as a case study this dissertation argues that in a post- apartheid South Africa the tendency with development/ participatory theatre has been to marginalise questions of gender in the focus on race without an awareness that it is the interconnections between race/ class and gender oppressions which characterise a society (Davis 1984). This coupled with the fact that theatre for development has a tendency, if not effectively facilitated, to allow for the reinforcement of dominant [patriarchal] values (Kerr 1995) makes an awareness of gender dynamics in participatory theatre projects particularly relevant. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3152 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Theatre--Political aspects. | en |
| dc.subject | Theatre--Political aspects--South Africa. | en |
| dc.subject | Women in the theatre. | en |
| dc.subject | Theses--Culture, communication and media studies. | en |
| dc.title | Gender dynamics and the role of participatory/development theatre in a post-apartheid South Africa: the example of DramAidE. | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |