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UNINA9910449812003321 |
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Autore |
Conteh-Morgan John |
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Titolo |
African Drama and Performance [[electronic resource]] |
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Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07134-3 |
0-253-11090-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Collana |
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African expressive cultures African drama and performance |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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