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Gender dynamics and the role of participatory/development theatre in a post-apartheid South Africa: the example of DramAidE.

dc.contributor.advisorLoots, Lliane Jennifer.
dc.contributor.authorYoung-Jahangeer, Miranda.
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-07T13:27:26Z
dc.date.available2011-07-07T13:27:26Z
dc.date.created1997
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1997.en
dc.description.abstractParticipatory 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/3152
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectTheatre--Political aspects.en
dc.subjectTheatre--Political aspects--South Africa.en
dc.subjectWomen in the theatre.en
dc.subjectTheses--Culture, communication and media studies.en
dc.titleGender dynamics and the role of participatory/development theatre in a post-apartheid South Africa: the example of DramAidE.en
dc.typeThesisen

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