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Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance.
Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance is a collection of regionally focused articles on African theatre and performance. The volume provides a broad exploration of the current state of African theatre and performance and considers the directions they are taking in the 21st C...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Editions Rodopi
2011.
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| Colección: | Themes in theatre.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Striding Out: Emergent Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance
- PART I GENERAL TRENDS IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES
- 1. The Dilemma of the African Body as a Site of Performance in the Context of Western Training
- 2. Interculturalism Revisited: Identity Construction in African and African-Caribbean Performance
- 3. Beyond the Miracle: Trends in South African Theatre and Performance after 1994
- 4. Transformation and the Drama Studies Curriculum in South Africa: A Survey of Selected Universities5. The Tall Tale of Tall Horse: The Illusion (or Manifestation) of African Cultural and Traditional Aesthetics in Hybrid Performances
- 6. From Trance Dance to PaR: Theatre and Performance Studies in South Africa
- PART II APPLIED/COMMUNITY THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
- 7. Theatre in/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare
- 8. A Voice in the Teeth of Power: Popular Theatre under the Censorship Radar in Zimbabwe (1998-2008)
- 9. Citizens� Stories � or Theatre as Performing Citizenship in Zimbabwe10. Towards a Politically Efficacious Community-Based Theatre
- 11. Dance Movement Analysis as Psycho-Diagnostic Tool in Modern Nigerian Medical Practice: An Introduction
- PART III PLAYWRIGHTS AND PERFORMANCE
- 12. Treading Subtly on Volatile Ground: Ahmed Yerima�s Hard Ground and the Dramatization of the Niger Delta
- 13. Drama as an Analytical Tool of Contemporary Society: Ahmed Yerima�s Hard Ground and the Politics of the Niger Delta
- 14. Theatre-on-Demand: Stella Oyedepo � Theatrical Megastar of the Twenty-First Century15. Abibigoro: Mohamed Ben Abdallah�s Search for an African Aesthetic in the Theatre
- 16. African Dance in Diaspora: The Examples of Nigerian Yoruba bà tá and dùndÃðn
- 17. Celebration as Aesthetic Device in Contemporary Nigerian Dance Productions: Hubert Ogunde�s Destiny as Example
- 18. �Piecing Together a Girlhood�: Using the �Girlfriend Aesthetic� as a Practical Methodology in the Making and Performance of Katuntu (�and you too)
- Abstracts