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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809250203321

Autore

Griffiths David

Titolo

The masquerades of Nigeria ; and, Touch / / written and illustrated by David Griffiths

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Australia, : Harwood Academic Publishers, c1998

ISBN

1-135-30479-3

1-135-30480-7

0-203-98544-3

1-280-14959-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Collana

Mask: a release of acting resources ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

792.09669

822/.914

Soggetti

Masquerades - Nigeria

Masks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE TOUCH TRILOGY; TOUCH

Sommario/riassunto

This work investigates the use of mask in the Masquerade traditions of West Africa, specifically Nigeria. The author argues in favour of a common language of mask performance and focuses on the work of Wole Soyinka. Also presented is the author's trilogy of plays, ""Touch"".