Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 469 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781136218170
Content:
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 This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath.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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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements for play texts; General Introduction; 1 Judith Thompson Introduction; Pink (Canada 1986); 2 Maishe Maponya Introduction; The Hungry Earth (South Africa 1979); 3 Jane Taylor, with William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company Introduction; Ubu and the Truth Commission (South Africa 1997); 4 Wole Soyinka Introduction; The Strong Breed (Nigeria 1964); 5 Femi Osofisan Introduction; Once Upon Four Robbers (Nigeria 1978); 6 Ama Ata Aidoo Introduction; Anowa (Ghana 1970)
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7 Derek Walcott IntroductionPantomime (Trinidad 1978); 8 Sistren Theatre Collective Introduction; QPH (Jamaica 1981); 9 Girish Karnad Introduction; Hayavadana (India 1971); 10 Manjula Padmanabhan Introduction; Harvest (India 1997); 11 Kee Thuan Chye Introduction; 1984 Here and Now (Malaysia 1985); 12 Chin Woon Ping Introduction; Details Cannot Body Wants (Singapore 1992); 13 Louis Nowra Introduction; Inside the Island (Australia 1980); 14 Jimmy Chi and Kuckles Introduction; Bran Nue Dae (Australia 1990); 15 Briar Grace-Smith Introduction; Ngā Pou Wāhine (New Zealand 1995)
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16 Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl IntroductionThe Conversion of Ka'ahumanu (Hawai'i 1988); 17 Tomson Highway Introduction; The Rez Sisters (Canada 1986); 18 Guillermo Verdecchia Introduction; Fronteras Americanas (American Borders) (Canada 1993); 19 Charabanc Theatre Company Introduction; Somewhere Over the Balcony (Northern Ireland 1988)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415164481
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415164498
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Postcolonial plays London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2001 ISBN 0415164486
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415164494
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
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Drama
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Postkoloniale Literatur
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Electronic books
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Anthologie
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