1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137665703321

Titolo

Tsunami : a growing disaster / / edited by Mohammad Mokhtari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rijeka, Crotia : , : InTech, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

953-51-5163-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

551.47024

Soggetti

Tsunamis - Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974091203321

Autore

Okagbue Osita A

Titolo

Culture and identity in African and Caribbean theatre / / by Osita Okagbue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd., 2009

ISBN

9781912234264

1912234262

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

792.096

Soggetti

African drama

Caribbean drama (English)

Group identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""9""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""



Sommario/riassunto

Because of a shared experience of European colonialism and trans-Atlantic slavery, issues of culture and identity are major concerns for African and Caribbean playwrights. Slavery and colonialism had involved systematic acts of cultural denigration, de-humanization and loss of freedom, which left imprints on the collective psyches of the colonized Africans and enslaved peoples of African descent in the Caribbean. Both experiences brought intense cultural and psychic dislocations which still impact in various ways on the lives of Africans and peoples of African descent around the world. African and Caribbean playwrights try to help their peoples regain their dignities by affirming their cultures, histories and identities. The book focuses on the similarities and differences between Caribbean theatre and the theatre of sub-Saharan Africa, showing how identities and cultures are negotiated and affirmed in each case.