Trickster theatre : the poetics of freedom in urban Africa /

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Trickster Theatre traces the changing social significance of national theatre in Ghana from its rise as an idealistic state project from the time of independence to its reinvention in recent electronic, market-oriented genres. Jesse Weaver Shipley presents portraits of many key figures in Ghanaian t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shipley, Jesse Weaver (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:African expressive cultures.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Theater > Ghana > History > 20th century.
Theater and society > Ghana.
Tricksters in literature.
Théâtre > Ghāna > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Théâtre et société > Ghāna.
Tricksters dans la littérature.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Theater
Theater and society
Tricksters in literature
Ghana
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Trickster Theatre traces the changing social significance of national theatre in Ghana from its rise as an idealistic state project from the time of independence to its reinvention in recent electronic, market-oriented genres. Jesse Weaver Shipley presents portraits of many key figures in Ghanaian theatre and examines how Akan trickster tales were adapted as the basis of a modern national theatre. This performance style tied Accra's evolving urban identity to rural origins and to Pan-African liberation politics. Contradictions emerge, however, when the ideal Ghanaian citizen is a mythic hustler who stands at the crossroads between personal desires and collective obligations. Shipley examines the interplay between on-stage action and off-stage events to show how trickster theatre shapes an evolving urban world.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253016591
0253016592

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