Hilde Roos
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780520299887
- eISBN:
- 9780520971516
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520299887.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Opera
Opera, race, and politics during apartheid South Africa form the foundation of this historiographic work on the Eoan Group, a so-called colored cultural organization that performed opera in the Cape. ...
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Opera, race, and politics during apartheid South Africa form the foundation of this historiographic work on the Eoan Group, a so-called colored cultural organization that performed opera in the Cape. The La Traviata Affair: Opera in the Time of Apartheid charts Eoan’s opera activities from its inception in 1933 until the cessation of its work by 1980. By accepting funding from the apartheid government and adhering to apartheid conditions, the group, in time, became politically compromised, resulting in the rejection of the group by their own community and the cessation of opera production. However, their unquestioned acceptance of and commitment to the art of opera lead to the most extraordinary of performance trajectories. During apartheid, the Eoan Group provided a space for colored people to perform Western classical art forms in an environment that potentially transgressed racial boundaries and challenged perceptions of racial exclusivity in the genre of opera. This highly significant endeavor and the way it was thwarted at the hands of the apartheid regime is the story that unfolds in this book.Less
Opera, race, and politics during apartheid South Africa form the foundation of this historiographic work on the Eoan Group, a so-called colored cultural organization that performed opera in the Cape. The La Traviata Affair: Opera in the Time of Apartheid charts Eoan’s opera activities from its inception in 1933 until the cessation of its work by 1980. By accepting funding from the apartheid government and adhering to apartheid conditions, the group, in time, became politically compromised, resulting in the rejection of the group by their own community and the cessation of opera production. However, their unquestioned acceptance of and commitment to the art of opera lead to the most extraordinary of performance trajectories. During apartheid, the Eoan Group provided a space for colored people to perform Western classical art forms in an environment that potentially transgressed racial boundaries and challenged perceptions of racial exclusivity in the genre of opera. This highly significant endeavor and the way it was thwarted at the hands of the apartheid regime is the story that unfolds in this book.
David Johnson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183150
- eISBN:
- 9780191673955
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183150.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
The range and variety of English studies in contemporary South Africa can best be conveyed by juxtaposing two very different versions of Shakespeare encountered by the author in 1989. The first ...
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The range and variety of English studies in contemporary South Africa can best be conveyed by juxtaposing two very different versions of Shakespeare encountered by the author in 1989. The first Shakespeare was firmly entrenched at Athlone Teacher Training College in Paarl, where students were protesting against apartheid education policy, the state of emergency, and elections for the discredited tricameral parliament. At the same time, the author came across a second Shakespeare on the shelves of the University of Cape Town library in an article written by South African critic Rob Nixon for the U.S. literary journal Critical Inquiry. What these two Shakespeares point to is a third figure, namely ‘Shakespeare’. This book explores the central, symptomatic role played by William Shakespeare in South African English studies, and surveys all South African literary criticism, and particularly Shakespeare criticism, produced from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present.Less
The range and variety of English studies in contemporary South Africa can best be conveyed by juxtaposing two very different versions of Shakespeare encountered by the author in 1989. The first Shakespeare was firmly entrenched at Athlone Teacher Training College in Paarl, where students were protesting against apartheid education policy, the state of emergency, and elections for the discredited tricameral parliament. At the same time, the author came across a second Shakespeare on the shelves of the University of Cape Town library in an article written by South African critic Rob Nixon for the U.S. literary journal Critical Inquiry. What these two Shakespeares point to is a third figure, namely ‘Shakespeare’. This book explores the central, symptomatic role played by William Shakespeare in South African English studies, and surveys all South African literary criticism, and particularly Shakespeare criticism, produced from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present.
Marianne E. Krasny and Keith G. Tidball
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780262028653
- eISBN:
- 9780262327169
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262028653.003.0010
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
The adaptive cycle describes changes in ecosystems and social-ecological systems over time. It expands on older notions of ecosystems as moving from a pioneer or exploitation phase to a steady state ...
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The adaptive cycle describes changes in ecosystems and social-ecological systems over time. It expands on older notions of ecosystems as moving from a pioneer or exploitation phase to a steady state or so-called climax or conservation phase. The adaptive cycle includes two additional phases—the release or chaotic phase after a catastrophic disturbance pushes a social-ecological system beyond a threshold, and the subsequent rebuilding or reorganization phase. Social-ecological systems resilience refers to the ability of systems to adapt or respond to small changes in the conservation (steady state) phase, and to transform once a system has crossed a critical threshold. Civic ecology practices can play a role in both adaptation and transformation. Panarchy refers to multiple adaptive cycles embedded in and impacting each other. For example, at the small-scale, a successful civic ecology practice may spur a municipal government to make policies supporting civic ecology practices in a process called “revolt.” And in a process called remembrance, a government that places restrictions on land use may limit the ability of civic ecology practices to be successful.Less
The adaptive cycle describes changes in ecosystems and social-ecological systems over time. It expands on older notions of ecosystems as moving from a pioneer or exploitation phase to a steady state or so-called climax or conservation phase. The adaptive cycle includes two additional phases—the release or chaotic phase after a catastrophic disturbance pushes a social-ecological system beyond a threshold, and the subsequent rebuilding or reorganization phase. Social-ecological systems resilience refers to the ability of systems to adapt or respond to small changes in the conservation (steady state) phase, and to transform once a system has crossed a critical threshold. Civic ecology practices can play a role in both adaptation and transformation. Panarchy refers to multiple adaptive cycles embedded in and impacting each other. For example, at the small-scale, a successful civic ecology practice may spur a municipal government to make policies supporting civic ecology practices in a process called “revolt.” And in a process called remembrance, a government that places restrictions on land use may limit the ability of civic ecology practices to be successful.
