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Myth performance in the African diasporas : ritual, theatre, and dance / / Benita Brown, Dannabang Kuwabong, and Christopher Olsen
Myth performance in the African diasporas : ritual, theatre, and dance / / Benita Brown, Dannabang Kuwabong, and Christopher Olsen
Autore Brown Benita
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (174 p.)
Disciplina 812.0080896
Altri autori (Persone) KuwabongDannabang <1955->
OlsenChristopher <1952->
Soggetto topico Drama - Black authors - History and criticism
Mythology, African, in literature
English literature - African influences
Dance, Black - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8108-9280-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Re-visionary History as Myth Performance; 2 The Òrìsạ̀ Paradigm; 3 Performative Body Language in Suzan-Lori Parks's Venus and Lynn Nottage's Ruined; 4 The Codification of Soul in African-Derived Dance Culture; 5 Of Rebels, Tricksters, and Supernatural Beings; 6 Of Princesses and Queens; Conclusion; Index; About the Authors
Record Nr. UNINA-9910453448703321
Brown Benita  
Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The signifying monkey [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of Afro-American literary criticism / / Henry Louis Gates, Jr
The signifying monkey [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of Afro-American literary criticism / / Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Autore Gates Henry Louis
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Oxford University Press, c1988
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (319 pages)
Disciplina 810/.9/896073
Soggetto topico American literature - African American authors - History and criticism - Theory, etc
African Americans - Intellectual life
African Americans in literature
Criticism - United States
Oral tradition - United States
Mythology, African, in literature
African Americans
American literature - African influences
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-09780-X
9786613097804
0-19-972275-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto PART ONE: A Theory of the Tradition; 1. A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey; 2. The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning; 3. Figures of Signification; PART TWO: Reading the Tradition; 4. The Trope of the Talking Book; 5. Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text; 6. On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign; 7. Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re) Writing of the Speakerly Text.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910459699703321
Gates Henry Louis  
New York, : Oxford University Press, c1988
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The signifying monkey [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of Afro-American literary criticism / / Henry Louis Gates, Jr
The signifying monkey [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of Afro-American literary criticism / / Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Autore Gates Henry Louis
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Oxford University Press, c1988
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (319 pages)
Disciplina 810/.9/896073
Soggetto topico American literature - African American authors - History and criticism - Theory, etc
African Americans - Intellectual life
African Americans in literature
Criticism - United States
Oral tradition - United States
Mythology, African, in literature
African Americans
American literature - African influences
ISBN 1-283-09780-X
9786613097804
0-19-972275-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto PART ONE: A Theory of the Tradition; 1. A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey; 2. The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning; 3. Figures of Signification; PART TWO: Reading the Tradition; 4. The Trope of the Talking Book; 5. Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text; 6. On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign; 7. Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re) Writing of the Speakerly Text.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910789868703321
Gates Henry Louis  
New York, : Oxford University Press, c1988
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui