New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres [[electronic resource] /] / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas

• Autore: Conteh-Morgan John
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 842/.9140996
• Soggetto topico: African drama (French) - History and criticism; Theater - Africa, French-speaking Equatorial; Theater - Africa, French-speaking West; Caribbean drama (French) - History and criticism; Theater - Caribbean, French-speaking
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ThomasDominic
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : instrumentalizing performance and the Francophone postcolonial performative -- Cultural trauma and ritual re-membering : Werewere Liking's Les mains veulent dire -- The dramatist as epic performer : Eugene Dervain's Saran, ou la reine scelerate -- The power and the pleasures of dramatized narrative : Bernard Zadi Zaourou's La guerre des femmes -- Theatre as writing and voice : Patrick Chamoiseau's Manman dlo contre la fee carabosse -- Tradition instrumentalized : Elie Stephenson's O mayouri -- Militariat grotesqueries and tragic lament : Tchicaya u Tam'si's Le destin glorieux du marechal nnikon nniku, prince qu'on sort and le bal de ndinga -- From the grotesque to the fantastic : Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mange Madame d'Avoine Bergotha? -- Exile and the failure of the nation; or, diasporic subjectivity from below : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine -- Conclusion : Francophone theatres in the age of globalization.
• Titolo autorizzato: New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres
• ISBN: 1-282-81835-X; 9786612818356; 1-4416-6975-2; 0-253-00458-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459913203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: African expressive cultures.