| Description |
1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Themes in theatre ; 6 |
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Themes in theatre ; 6.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Striding Out: Emergent Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance -- PART I GENERAL TRENDS IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES -- 1. The Dilemma of the African Body as a Site of Performance in the Context of Western Training -- 2. Interculturalism Revisited: Identity Construction in African and African-Caribbean Performance -- 3. Beyond the Miracle: Trends in South African Theatre and Performance after 1994 -- 4. Transformation and the Drama Studies Curriculum in South Africa: A Survey of Selected Universities -- 5. The Tall Tale of Tall Horse: The Illusion (or Manifestation) of African Cultural and Traditional Aesthetics in Hybrid Performances -- 6. From Trance Dance to PaR: Theatre and Performance Studies in South Africa -- PART II APPLIED/COMMUNITY THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE -- 7. Theatre in/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare -- 8. A Voice in the Teeth of Power: Popular Theatre under the Censorship Radar in Zimbabwe (1998-2008) -- 9. Citizens' Stories -- or Theatre as Performing Citizenship in Zimbabwe -- 10. Towards a Politically Efficacious Community-Based Theatre -- 11. Dance Movement Analysis as Psycho-Diagnostic Tool in Modern Nigerian Medical Practice: An Introduction -- PART III PLAYWRIGHTS AND PERFORMANCE -- 12. Treading Subtly on Volatile Ground: Ahmed Yerima's Hard Ground and the Dramatization of the Niger Delta -- 13. Drama as an Analytical Tool of Contemporary Society: Ahmed Yerima's Hard Ground and the Politics of the Niger Delta -- 14. Theatre-on-Demand: Stella Oyedepo -- Theatrical Megastar of the Twenty-First Century -- 15. Abibigoro: Mohamed Ben Abdallah's Search for an African Aesthetic in the Theatre -- 16. African Dance in Diaspora: The Examples of Nigerian Yoruba bà tá and dùndún |
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17. Celebration as Aesthetic Device in Contemporary Nigerian Dance Productions: Hubert Ogunde's Destiny as Example -- 18. 'Piecing Together a Girlhood': Using the 'Girlfriend Aesthetic' as a Practical Methodology in the Making and Performance of Katuntu (â#x80;¦and you too) -- Abstracts -- A Selected Bibliography of African Theatre (1990-2011) -- Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
"A collection of regionally focused articles on African theatre and performance. The volume provides a broad exploration of the current state of African theatre and performance and considers the directions they are taking in the 21st Century. It contains sections on current trends in theatre and performance studies, on applied/community theatre and on playwrights. The chapters have evolved out of a working group process, in which papers were submitted to peer-group scrutiny over a period of four years, at four international conferences. The book will be particularly useful as a key text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in non-western theatre and performance (where this includes African theatre and performance), and would be a very useful resource for theatre scholars and anyone interested in African performance forms and cultures."--Page 4 of cover |
| Notes |
"IFTR / FIRT; African Theatre and Performance Working Group." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Theater -- Africa -- 21st century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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African drama
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Theater
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Igweonu, Kenechukwu, 1975-
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International Federation for Theatre Research. African Theatre and Performance Working Group.
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| LC no. |
2011456936 |
| ISBN |
9789401200820 |
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9401200823 |
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