| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 1
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by Ngg wa Thiong'o; Acknowledgments; Introduction: from colonial modernity to postcolonial desires: oppositional theatre in Nigeria and England; Nigeria; Wole Soyinka: theatre, mythology, and political activism; Femi Osofisan: theatre, nation, and the revolutionary ideal; Tess Onwueme: theatre, gender, and power; The Yoruba Traveling Theatres: popular theatre and desires for postcolonial subjectivity; Theatre, democracy, and community development: Ahmadu Bello University and the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance; England. |
| Summary |
This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Theater -- Nigeria.
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Theater. |
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Nigeria. |
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Theater -- England.
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England. |
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Nigerian drama (English) -- History and criticism.
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Nigerian drama (English) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Amkpa, Awam, 1959- Theatre and postcolonial desires. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415312876 (DLC) 2003046982 (OCoLC)52268759 |
| ISBN |
0203495764 (electronic book) |
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9780203495766 (electronic book) |
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0415312876 (Cloth) |
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