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New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres

Title
  1. New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
Published by
  1. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
Author
  1. Conteh-Morgan, John.

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Additional authors
  1. Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
Description
  1. xviii, 208 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. African expressive cultures
Uniform title
  1. African expressive cultures.
Subject
  1. African drama (French) > History and criticism
  2. Theater > Africa, French-speaking West
  3. Theater > Caribbean, French-speaking
  4. Caribbean drama (French) > History and criticism
  5. Theater > Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Sc E 11-282
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
Author
  1. Conteh-Morgan, John.
Title
  1. New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
Imprint
  1. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
Series
  1. African expressive cultures
  2. African expressive cultures.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
Added author
  1. Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
LCCN
  1. 2010000638
ISBN
  1. 9780253355133 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0253355133 (cloth : alk. paper)
  3. 9780253222268 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 0253222265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 11-282
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