Esiaba Irobi's Drama and the Postcolony : Theory and Practice of Postcolonial Performance /

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Esiaba Irobi (1960-2010) was one of Africa's most innovative and productive younger playwrights. Deeply rooted in the indigenous performance traditions of his Igbo ethnic group, Irobi's drama, in the tradition of Wole Soyinka, is a hybrid production involving an iconoclastic reconceptualis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diala, Isidore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Irobi, Esiaba, > 1960-2010.
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Pre-text
  • Introduction
  • Esiaba Irobi : the Igbo worldview and performative heritage
  • Irobi's early drama : an adventure of postcolonial theatrical forms
  • Ritual and mythological recuperation in Irobi's drama
  • Nsukka to Leeds : Irobi's relocation and reconfiguration of the postcolonial stage
  • De/stabilising the European classic : Sycorax, Irobi's The tempest
  • Music, dance, and (political) transformation in Irobi's drama
  • Conclusion.

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