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Youssef, Sarah (2019). The missing language of freedom: code-switching in Yael Farber's Mies Julie (2012). S. Afr. Theatre J., 32 (2). S. 142 - 158. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 2163-7660

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Abstract

In 2013, Yael Farber's adapted August Strindberg's naturalistic drama Miss Julie into a contemporary play, set in South Africa's Cape Karoo semi-desert. Farber maintains in her version the various concerns the original play addresses, including class and gender, however by transporting the play to post-Apartheid South Africa, questions pertaining race and identity are reflected upon in a socio-political context. Farber negotiates these issues primarily through the use of language, utilizing code-switching throughout her contemporary parable. Farber uses code-switching as a means to reflect the despair of a nation, the search for a unified identity and the desire for intimacy of the characters. Achille Mbembe argues that South Africa has a crisis in language, however this paper argues that this alleged crisis, the continuous use of multiple languages is precisely the language of post-Apartheid South Africa. A language, which reflects the liminal state of the nation, the cultural variety of the country as well as the continuous search for a unified identity.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Youssef, Sarah UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-135404
DOI:	10.1080/10137548.2019.1629834
Journal or Publication Title:	S. Afr. Theatre J.
Volume:	32
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 142 - 158
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	2163-7660
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Theater Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13540