Senegalese Stagecraft : Decolonizing Theater-Making in Francophone Africa /

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"Senegalese Stagecraft explores the particular role of the theatrical stage in Senegal as a site of poetic expression, political activism, and community engagement"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valente-Quinn, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater and society.
Theater.
Senegalese drama (French)
Senegalese drama (French) > 21st century > History and criticism.
Senegalese drama (French) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Theater and society > Senegal.
Theater > Senegal > History.
Senegal.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Colonial Pedagogy and Creative Enactment: The Theater of the École Normale William Ponty
  • A Political Theater for a New Elite: The French Cultural Centers of the 1950s
  • The 1966 First World Festival of Negro Arts: Hommes de Culture and the Epic Pan-African Stage
  • Staging Sufi Stories: The Religious Stage Space of Bamba Mos Xam
  • From Stage to Screen: The Rise of Senegalese Television
  • Stagecraft and Popular Theater
  • Conclusion. Theater as a Senegalese Invention.

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