Theatre from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe : hegemony, identity and a contested postcolony / / edited by Samuel Ravengai and Owen Seda

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910491028003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-74594-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 pages)
• Collana: Contemporary Performance InterActions
• Disciplina: 792.096891
• Soggetti: Theater - History - Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe Social life and customs; Zimbabwe History 1965-1980
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction: Contested Forms, Spaces and the Politics of Representation in Zimbabwean Theatre-A Historical Perspective -- Part I: From Colonial to Decolonial Theatre: Contested Forms -- Part II: The Politics of Representation -- References -- Part I From Colonial to De-colonial Theatre: Contested Forms -- 2 Colonial Zimbabwean Theatre, Cultural Production and the Interplay with Rhodesian Power and Discourse -- Introduction: Discourse and Power -- Theoretical Moorings and Structures of Rhodesian Discourse -- The Future of Rhodesian Discourse -- References -- 3 Negotiating Whitehood: Identity and Resistance in Rhodesian Theatre 1950-1980 -- Introduction -- The Significance of Settler Resistance -- Authorised Version and Official Values of Rhodesia -- Interculturalism/Contamination as Resistance in Settler Theatre -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Transformative Complexity of Found Objects in Devised Zimbabwean Theatre -- Introduction -- Brief Background to the Play -- Design Approach in the Devising Process: Half Empty, Half Full -- Semiotic Transformation of Scenic Elements in Devising Half Empty, Half Full -- Performative and Semiotic Dimensions in Three Public Performances -- References -- 5 Amakhosi Theatre Training (1990-2000): An Exercise in Syncretism -- ; Introduction -- Theatre Training and Performance in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Short Overview -- The History of Amakhosi Theatre Productions -- Amakhosi Performing Arts Workshop -- The APAW Modules -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Contestation in Postcolonial Drama: Residual and Emergent Consciousness in Zimbabwean Theatre at Independence-NTO and ZACT -- Introduction -- Dominant, Emergent and Residual Consciousness -- Theatre and the Policy of National Reconciliation.; The National Theatre Organization (NTO) and Residual Consciousness -- Community-Based Theatre as Emergent Consciousness -- The Question of a National Theatre and the Great Debate -- Playing Betwixt and Between -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Creating Counter-Public Sphere(s): Performance in Zimbabwe Between the Influence of Mugabe and Western NGOs -- Politics and Theatre in Zimbabwe -- Theatre and the Public Sphere -- Between the Mugabe Regime and Western NGOs: Theatre and the Public Spheres in Current Zimbabwe -- Counter-Public Sphere I: Rooftop Promotions in Harare -- Counter-Public Sphere II: Amakhosi Theatre, Bulawayo -- References -- Part II The Politics of Representation -- 8 'I Was Never a White Girl and I Do Not Want to Be a White Girl': Albinism, Youth Theatre and Disability Politics in Contemporary Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Historical Background to Disability Issues at the University of Zimbabwe -- Negotiating Fractures and Tensions Within the Community of Disability -- Creating Critical Consciousness via the Rehearsal Process -- Negotiating Ableist Spectatorship -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Popular Theatre as a Struggle for Identity and Representation in Matabeleland: 1980 to the Present -- Introduction -- Popular Art and Hegemonic Struggles in Matabeleland -- The Politics of Popular Culture Management in Zimbabwe: The Emergence of New, Dominant Structures -- Socio-Political Commentary Through Theatrical Works -- Beyond Amakhosi Theatre Production: The Growth of Alternative Theatre in Zimbabwe -- Theatre, Music and the Post-independence Zimbabwean Economic Situation -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Harnessing the Whirlwind: Hybridity, Memory and Crisis in Theatre During Zimbabwe's Operation Murambatsvina -- State, Censorship and Chihwerure -- Hypocrites -- All Systems Out of Order -- Conclusion -- References.; 11 Towards a Democratic Protest Theatre in Zimbabwe: Vhitori Entertainment's Protest Revolutionaries (2012) -- Introduction -- Protest Revolutionaries-Background -- Theoretical Framework -- Character Diversity as Empowerment in Protest Revolutionaries -- Mother as a Resistive Subaltern -- Subaltern Semiotic Resistance: Chikaka and Cde Rebel -- The Reversal of Identities of Victimhood -- References -- 12 Who is Indigenous? Freeing Indigeneity from a Time Warp -- Introduction -- Venda and Shangaan Performance Troupes -- Who is Indigenous? -- Indigeneity -- Performing Culture -- Cultural Participation -- Cultural Appropriation -- Staging Culture -- Exhibiting Humans: Reconsidering the GZU Dance Troupes in Performance -- References -- Index.