| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 208 pages). |
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| Series |
African expressive cultures
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African expressive cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index. |
| Contents |
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 : Eugène Dervain's Saran, ou la reine scélérate -- 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 fée carabosse -- Tradition instrumentalized : Elie Stephenson's O mayouri -- Militariat grotesqueries and tragic lament : Tchicaya u Tam'si's Le destin glorieux du maréchal nnikon nniku, prince qu'on sort and le bal de ndinga -- From the grotesque to the fantastic : Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mangé 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. |
| Summary |
Staging a new politics of performance in the African diaspora. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African drama (French) -- History and criticism.
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African drama (French) |
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Theater -- Africa, French-speaking Equatorial.
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Theater. |
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French-speaking Equatorial Africa. |
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Theater -- Africa, French-speaking West.
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Caribbean drama (French) -- History and criticism.
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Caribbean drama (French) |
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Theater -- Caribbean, French-speaking.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
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| Added Title |
New Francophone African and Caribbean theaters |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786612818356 |
| ISBN |
9780253222268 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0253222265 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9780253355133 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0253355133 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9781441669759 (electronic book) |
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1441669752 (electronic book) |
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9780253004581 |
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0253004586 |
| Standard No. |
9786612818356 |
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