John Conteh-Morgan

New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres

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Produktbeschreibung

New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres places these theatres at the heart of contemporary debates on global cultural and political practices and offers a more finely tuned understanding of performance in diverse diasporic networks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780253222268
• ISBN-10: 0253222265
• Artikelnr.: 29978785

Autorenporträt

John Conteh-Morgan, with Dominic Thomas

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface by John Conteh-Morgan and Dominic Thomas
Introduction: Instrumentalizing Performance and the Francophone
Postcolonial Performative
1. Cultural Trauma and Ritual Re-membering: Werewere Liking's Les mains
veulent dire
2. The Dramatist as Epic Performer: Eugène Dervain's Saran, ou La reine
scélérate
3. The Power and the Pleasures of Dramatized Narrative: Bernard Zadi
Zaourou's La guerre des femmes
4. Theatre as Writing and Voice: Patrick Chamoiseau's Manman Dlo contre la
fée Carabosse
5. Tradition Instrumentalized: Elie Stephenson's O Mayouri
6. 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
7. From the Grotesque to the Fantastic: Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mangé
Madame d'Avoine Bergotha?
8. 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
References
Index