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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449812003321

Autore

Conteh-Morgan John

Titolo

African Drama and Performance [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-07134-3

0-253-11090-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

African expressive cultures African drama and performance

Altri autori (Persone)

OlaniyanTejumola

Disciplina

791/.096/0904

Soggetti

Theater - Africa - History - 20th century

Theater - History - 20th century - Africa

Performing arts - History - 20th century - Africa

African drama - History and criticism - 20th century

Drama

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. King Baabu and the Renaissance Vision; 2. Dimensions of Theatricality in Africa; 3. Theatre and Anthropology, Theatricality and Culture; 4. Pre-Texts and Intermedia: African Theatre and the Question of History; 5. Soyinka, Euripides, and the Anxiety of Empire; 6. Antigone in the "Land of the Incorruptible": Sylvain Bemba's Noces posthumes de Santigone (Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone); 7. Gestural Interpretation of the Occult in the Bin Kadi-SoAdaptation of Macbeth

15. Modernity's Trickster: "Dipping" and "Throwing" in Congolese Popular Dance Music16. Theatres of Truth, Acts of Reconciliation: The TRC in South Africa; 17. The Turner-Schechner Model of Performance as Social Drama: A Reexamination in Light of Anlo-Ewe HaloĢ; 18. Theatricality and Social Mimodrama; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

African Drama and Performance is a collection of innovative and                wide-ranging essays that bring conceptually fresh perspectives, from both renowned                and emerging voices, to the study of drama,



theatre, and performance in Africa.                Topics range from studies of major dramatic authors and formal literary dramas to                improvisational theatre and popular video films. South Africa's Truth and                Reconciliation Commissions are analyzed as a kind of social performance, and aspects                of African performance in the diaspora