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Author Madison, D. Soyini.

Title Acts of activism : human rights as radical performance / by D. Soyini Madison.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Theatre and performance theory
Theatre and performance theory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index.
Contents Is it a human being or a girl? -- Water rites/rights -- Acts of activism.
Summary Madison presents the neglected yet compelling and necessary story of local activists in South Saharan Africa who employ modes of performance as tactics of resistance and intervention in their day-to-day struggles for human rights and social justice. The dynamic relationships between performance and activism are illustrated in three case studies.
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Subject Performing arts -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Performing arts -- Social aspects.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Performing arts -- Political aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Performing arts -- Political aspects.
Performing arts.
Human rights -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Human rights.
Human rights in art.
Human rights in art.
Political activists -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Political activists.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Human rights.
Other Form: Print version: Madison, D. Soyini. Acts of activism. Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521519229 (DLC) 2010293656 (OCoLC)449826916
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