New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
- Title
- New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
- Published by
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
- Author
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- Description
- xviii, 208 p.; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- African expressive cultures
- Uniform title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- African expressive cultures.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain