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 ==Miscegenation and the Censorship system in South Africa==
-The chief laws governing miscegenation in South Africa are the so-called '''[[Immorality Act]]s''' of 1927 and 1957.  Repealed through the [[Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act]].
+The chief laws governing miscegenation in South Africa are the so-called '''[[Immorality Act]]s''' of 1927 and 1957, finally repealed in 1985 through the [[Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act]].
 In the case of the arts, the censorship system was also employed to suppress any works deemed "immoral", notably those offering portrayals of interracial sexual contact in their work and/or criticising the racial laws and their execution.

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 ==Miscegenation and the Censorship system in South Africa==
-The chief laws governing miscegenation in South Africa are the so-called '''[[Immorality Act]]s''' of 1927 and 1957.
+The chief laws governing miscegenation in South Africa are the so-called '''[[Immorality Act]]s''' of 1927 and 1957.  Repealed through the [[Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act]].
 In the case of the arts, the censorship system was also employed to suppress any works deemed "immoral", notably those offering portrayals of interracial sexual contact in their work and/or criticising the racial laws and their execution.

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 ===The 20th century===
 After their introduction, the two acts were a widely used subject in South African writing from the 1950s onwards, and the the subject of numerous plays on miscegenation have been written over the years, notably in a series of plays produced during the pivotal years in the run-up to the declaration of the South African Republic (1958 to 1961), and the highly charged protest plays that emerged during the [[cultural struggle]] of the nineteen-seventies and -eighties. Not all were performed and/or published however.
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 ''[[Try for White]]'' became the basis of perhaps the best known early film on the subject: ''[[Katrina]]''.
-In the 1970-1990 period attitudes towards [[miscegenous]] relationships became more complex and ambiguous, particularly in the light of the strict apartheid laws in this regard, as one may see from plays such as ''[[Bloedlyn]]'' (Hauptfleisch, 1970/1974), ''[[Statements]]'' (Fugard, 1972), ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (Small, 1972), ''[[Laaste Middagmaal]]'' (Stockenström, 1974),
+In the 1970-1990 period attitudes towards [[miscegenous]] relationships became more complex and ambiguous, particularly in the light of the even stricter [[Apartheid]] laws in this regard and the growing rebellion in the country, as one may see from plays such as ''[[Bloedlyn]]'' (Hauptfleisch, 1970/1974), ''[[Statements]]'' (Fugard, 1972), ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (Small, 1972), ''[[Laaste Middagmaal]]'' (Stockenström, 1974),
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 ''[[Try for White]]'' became the basis of perhaps the best known early film on the subject: ''[[Katrina]]''.
-In the 1970-1990 period attitudes towards [[miscegenous]] relationships became more complex and ambiguous,  as one may see from plays such as ''[[Bloedlyn]]'' (Hauptfleisch, 1970/1974), ''[[Statements]]'' (Fugard, 1972), ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (Small, 1972), ''[[Laaste Middagmaal]]'' (Stockenström, 1974),
+In the 1970-1990 period attitudes towards [[miscegenous]] relationships became more complex and ambiguous, particularly in the light of the strict apartheid laws in this regard, as one may see from plays such as ''[[Bloedlyn]]'' (Hauptfleisch, 1970/1974), ''[[Statements]]'' (Fugard, 1972), ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (Small, 1972), ''[[Laaste Middagmaal]]'' (Stockenström, 1974),
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 After their introduction, the two acts were a widely used subject in South African writing from the 1950s onwards, and the the subject of numerous plays on miscegenation have been written over the years, notably in a series of plays produced during the pivotal years in the run-up to the declaration of the South African Republic (1958 to 1961), and the highly charged protest plays that emerged during the [[cultural struggle]] of the nineteen-seventies and -eighties. Not all were performed and/or published however.
-Notable plays in the earlier period are ''[[Ruby and Frank]]'' (Dhlomo, 1938), ''[[The Kimberley Train]]'' (Sowden, 1958), ''[[Try for White]]'' (Warner, 1959) , ''[[Die Verminktes]]'' (''[[The Maimed]]'', Smit, 1960/61), ''[[The Blood Knot]]'' (Fugard, 1961). ''[[Try for White]]'' became the basis of perhaps the best known early film on the subject: ''[[Katrina]]''.
+Notable plays in the earlier period are:
-In the 1970-1990 period attitudes towards [[miscegenous]] relationships became more complex and ambiguous,  as one may see from plays such as ''[[Bloedlyn]]'' (Hauptfleisch, 1970/1974), ''[[Statements]]'' (Fugard, 1972), ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (Small, 1972),
+''[[Try for White]]'' became the basis of perhaps the best known early film on the subject: ''[[Katrina]]''.
 ===The 21st century===

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		+	The chief laws governing miscegenation in South Africa are the so-called [[Immorality Act]]s of 1927 and 1957.

	In the case of the arts, the censorship system was employed to suppress any works deemed "immoral", notably those criticising the racial laws or offering portrayals of interracial sexual contact.		In the case of the arts, the censorship system was employed to suppress any works deemed "immoral", notably those criticising the racial laws or offering portrayals of interracial sexual contact.

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 == Definition ==
 According to the ''American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language'' the term refers to
-"(C)ohabitation, sexual relations, marriage, or interbreeding involving persons of different races, especially in historical contexts as a transgression of the law."
+"(C)ohabitation, sexual relations, marriage, or interbreeding involving persons of different races, especially in historical contexts as a transgression of the law." The concept is centuries old, and notions of racial and/or cultural purity underlie - and been serious points of contention - in many cultures, countries and  belief systems.
 Though the '''term''' is not much used in general in South Africa, the concept is of course fundamental to the colonial and apartheid history of the various colonial empires over the ages, and in this case the various colonies in Africa, South Africa in particular.

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	The two acts were a widely used subject in South African writing from the 1950s onwards, and the the subject of numerous plays on miscegenation have been written over the years, notably in a series of plays produced during the pivotal years in the run-up to the declaration of the South African Republic (1958 to 1961), and the highly charged protest plays that emerged during the [[cultural struggle]] of the nineteen-seventies and -eighties. Not all were performed and/or published however.		The two acts were a widely used subject in South African writing from the 1950s onwards, and the the subject of numerous plays on miscegenation have been written over the years, notably in a series of plays produced during the pivotal years in the run-up to the declaration of the South African Republic (1958 to 1961), and the highly charged protest plays that emerged during the [[cultural struggle]] of the nineteen-seventies and -eighties. Not all were performed and/or published however.