| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 1 |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 1.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by Ngg wa Thiong'o; Acknowledgments; Introduction: from colonial modernity to postcolonial desires: oppositional theatre in Nigeria and England; Nigeria; Wole Soyinka: theatre, mythology, and political activism; Femi Osofisan: theatre, nation, and the revolutionary ideal; Tess Onwueme: theatre, gender, and power; The Yoruba Traveling Theatres: popular theatre and desires for postcolonial subjectivity; Theatre, democracy, and community development: Ahmadu Bello University and the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance; England |
| Summary |
This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Theater -- Nigeria
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Theater -- England
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Nigerian drama (English) -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Nigerian drama (English)
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Theater
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England
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Nigeria
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203495764 |
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9780203495766 |
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9780415312875 |
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0415312876 |
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9781134381333 |
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1134381336 |
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9781134381289 |
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113438128X |
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9781134381326 |
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1134381328 |
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9780415435444 |
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0415435447 |
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0203347285 |
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9780203347287 |
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1280074248 |
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9781280074240 |
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