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Theatre and Postcolonial Desires: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Autor Awam Amkpa
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This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre. The author examines the work of prominent Nigerian and British playwrights who came of age after the passing of the British Empire.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415435444
ISBN-10: 0415435447
Pagini: 220
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Professional

Notă biografică

Awam Ampka is currently Associate Professor of Drama at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He trained in Nigeria under Wole Soyinka and completed a PhD in Drama at the University of Bristol. He is the author of critical essays, plays (Not in my Season of Songs; Ajasco), director of film documentaries (Winds Against Our Souls; It's All About Downtown; National Images/Transnational Desires) and the feature film Wazabia.

Cuprins

Introduction: Colonial Modernity, Postcolonial Desires and a Cultural Practice Nigeria 1. Wole Soyinka: Theatre, Mythology and Political Activism 2. Femi Osofisan: Theatre, Nation and the Revolutionary Ideal 3. Tess Onwueme: Theatre, Gender and Power 4. Yoruba Travelling Theatres: Popular Theatre and Searches for Postcolonial Subjectivity 5. Theatre, Democracy and Community Development: Ahmadu Bello University and the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance England 6. John Arden: Dramatizing the Colonial Nation 7. David Edgar: Theatre and Decolonizing Identities 8. Caryl Churchill: Decolonizing Gender and Class 9. Monstrosities, Deviants and Darkies: Monstrous Regiment, Gay Sweatshop and Black Theatres in England Conclusion Notes

Descriere

This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre.