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Kofifi/Covfefe: How the Costumes of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa to Western Massachusetts in 2020

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dc.contributor.advisorYao Chen
dc.contributor.advisorJoye Bowman
dc.contributor.advisorJohn Bracey
dc.contributor.advisorMichael Cottom
dc.contributor.advisorMegan Lewis
dc.contributor.authorHollows, Emma
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentTheater
dc.date2024-03-28T20:44:40.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T18:36:38Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T18:36:38Z
dc.date.submittedMay
dc.date.submitted2020
dc.description.abstractThis thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters.
dc.description.degreeMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/17641393
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-3134
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/34002
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1982&context=masters_theses_2&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectcostume design
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSophiatown
dc.subjectMalcolm Purkey
dc.subjectapartheid
dc.subjectcivil rights
dc.subjectAfrican American Studies
dc.subjectAfricana Studies
dc.subjectAfrican History
dc.subjectAfrican Languages and Societies
dc.subjectAfrican Studies
dc.subjectAmerican Politics
dc.subjectArt Practice
dc.subjectArts Management
dc.subjectBilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
dc.subjectCivil Rights and Discrimination
dc.subjectCultural History
dc.subjectDramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory
dc.subjectEthnic Studies
dc.subjectFashion Design
dc.subjectFiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts
dc.subjectFinance and Financial Management
dc.subjectFine Arts
dc.subjectGraphic Design
dc.subjectHousing Law
dc.subjectIllustration
dc.subjectInternational Relations
dc.subjectLaw and Race
dc.subjectLiterature in English, Anglophone outside British Isles and North America
dc.subjectOther Arts and Humanities
dc.subjectOther English Language and Literature
dc.subjectOther Theatre and Performance Studies
dc.subjectPhotography
dc.subjectPolitical History
dc.subjectSocial and Cultural Anthropology
dc.subjectSocial History
dc.subjectTheatre History
dc.titleKofifi/Covfefe: How the Costumes of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa to Western Massachusetts in 2020
dc.typeopenaccess
dc.typearticle
dc.typethesis
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:ehollows@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Hollows, Emma
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