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UNINA9910154721103321 |
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Barber Karin |
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West African Popular Theatre / / Karin Barber, John Collins, Alain Ricard |
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Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 1997 |
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©1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Drama and Performance Studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RicardAlain <1945-> |
CollinsJohn <1944-> |
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Soggetti |
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West African drama (English) |
Theater - Africa, West |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-279) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"... a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature... " -Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." -Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " -Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." -Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria. |
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