Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 285 pages)
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
9780253028075
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0253028078
Serie:
Drama and performance studies
Inhalt:
" ... A ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature ..." 'Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." 'Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture." 'Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." 'Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index
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Three West African popular theatre forms : a social history / Karin Barber, John Collins, Alain Ricard -- The jaguar jokers and Orphan do not glance / John Collins -- Concert party in Lomé and The African girl from Paris / Alain Ricard -- The Èdá Theatre and The secret is out / Karin Barber.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Barber, Karin, 1949- West African popular theatre Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; James Currey, ©1997 ISBN 0253332044
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
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Ethnologie
Schlagwort(e):
Aufsatzsammlung
Mehr zum Autor:
Ricard, Alain 1945-
