- Title
- A white man in exile
- Creator
- Krueger, Anton
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229459
- Identifier
- vital:49677
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10137548.2011.636974"
- Description
- This article explores intersections between understandings of masculinity and nationalism. Etymologically, ‘patriotism’ refers to a love for a fatherland and a patriarchal order; it includes notions of loyalty, honour and a range of qualities often associated with conceptions of masculinity. But if gender remains fixed to these normative constructions, what happens to one’s sense of masculine identity when the national state changes? My interest lies in exploring how white South African men have been repositioned in terms of a shift in their gendered identification, with a reflection on the possibly tragic consequences of maintaining an overly rigid gender role identification. As long as masculinity is embedded within nationalism, it will be caught up within a defensive reactive mode which can turn self-destructive. In order to explore these ideas the article employs as its central metaphor the character of Dawid Olivier, who is the protagonist of Athol Fugard’s Sorrows and Rejoicings (2002).
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (10 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Online
- Language
- English
- Relation
- South African Theatre Journal, Krueger, A., 2011. A white man in exile: the failure of masculinity in Athol Fugard's Sorrows and Rejoicings. SATJ: South African Theatre Journal, 25(2), pp.119-128, South African Theatre Journal volume 25 number 2 p. 119 2011 2163-7660
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Taylor and Francis Online Terms and Conditions Statement (https://www.tandfonline.com/terms-and-conditions)
- Rights
- Open Access
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