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New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres
- Title
- New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
- Author
- Conteh-Morgan, John.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
- Description
- xviii, 208 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- African expressive cultures
- Uniform Title
- African expressive cultures.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : instrumentalizing performance and the Francophone postcolonial performative -- Cultural trauma and ritual re-membering : Werewere Liking's Les mains veulent dire -- The dramatist as epic performer : Eugène Dervain's Saran, ou la reine scélérate -- The power and the pleasures of dramatized narrative : Bernard Zadi Zaourou's La guerre des femmes -- Theatre as writing and voice : Patrick Chamoiseau's Manman dlo contre la fée carabosse -- Tradition instrumentalized : Elie Stephenson's O mayouri -- Militariat grotesqueries and tragic lament : Tchicaya u Tam'si's Le destin glorieux du maréchal nnikon nniku, prince qu'on sort and le bal de ndinga -- From the grotesque to the fantastic : Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mangé Madame d'Avoine Bergotha? -- Exile and the failure of the nation; or, diasporic subjectivity from below : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine -- Conclusion : Francophone theatres in the age of globalization.
- Call Number
- Sc E 11-282
- ISBN
- 9780253355133 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0253355133 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780253222268 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0253222265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010000638
- OCLC
- 464581586
- Author
- Conteh-Morgan, John.
- Title
- New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
- Series
- African expressive culturesAfrican expressive cultures.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
- Added Author
- Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 11-282