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Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology

Editat de Helen Gilbert
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 apr 2001
This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre.
This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath. It includes work from Canada, the Carribean, South and West Africa, Southeast Asia, India, New Zealand and Australia. A general introduction outlines major themes in postcolonial plays. Introductions to individual plays include information on authors as well as overviews of cultural contexts, major ideas and performance history.
Dramaturgical techniques in the plays draw on Western theatre as well as local performance traditions and include agit-prop dialogue, musical routines, storytelling, ritual incantation, epic narration, dance, multimedia presentation and puppetry. The plays dramatize diverse issues, such as:
*globalization
* political corruption
* race and class relations
*slavery
*gender and sexuality
*media representation
*nationalism
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415164498
ISBN-10: 0415164494
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.87 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Professional and Undergraduate

Notă biografică

Helen Gilbert lectures in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Queensland. She is co-author of Post Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice and Politics.

Cuprins

Pink - Judith Thompson, THe Hungry Earth - Maishe Maponya, Ubu and the Truth Commission - Jane Taylor with William Kentrdige and The Handspring Puppet Company, The Strong Breed - Wole Soyinka, Once Upon Four Robbers - Femi Osofisan, Anowa - Ama Ata Aidoo, Pantomime - Derek Walcott, QPH - Sistren Theatre Collective, Hayavadana - Girish Karnad, Harvest - Manjula Padmanabhan, 1984 Here and Now - Kee Thuan Chye, Details Cannot Body Wants - Chin Woon Ping, Inside the Island - Jimmy Chi and Knuckles, Nga Pou Wahine - Briar Grace-Smith, The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu - Victoria Kneubuhl, The Rez Sisters - Tomson Highway, Fronteras Americanas (American Borders) - Guillermo Verdecchia, Somewhere over the Balcony - Charabanc

Descriere

This book brings together contemporary plays from Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and South Africa, the Caribbean, South East Asia and India – countries which have all experienced Imperialism.