UID:
almahu_9947413086402882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 144 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781782046370 (ebook)
Series Statement:
African theatre ; 14
Content:
Drawing on expertise from across the African continent this collection reflects the realities for women working and making theatre: how Egyptian director Dalia Basiouny has documented the "Tahrir Stories" of the Egyptian Revolution; how in Uganda women have used various theatrical devices, such as oral poetry, to seek common ground in a rural-urban inter-generational theatre project; and the use of physical theatre to examine disavowed memory in South Africa. The contributors also look at how practitioners are re-thinking performance space and modes of performance for gendered advocacy in Botswanan theatre, and how women are addressing gender-based violence and rape culture, comparing performance and street-based activism in South Africa and India. A particular strength of the volume is its interviews: with Jalila Baccar of Tunisia, by Marvin Carlson; six Ethiopian actresses are interviewed and introduced by Jane Plastow and Mahlet Solomon; and Ariane Zaytzeff explores "Making art to reinvent culture" with Odile Gakire Katese of Rwanda. The new play to be published is 〈I〉The Sentence〈/I〉 by Sefi Atta, introduced and contextualized by Christine Matzke.〈BR〉〈BR〉 Volume Editors: JANE PLASTOW & YVETTE HUTCHISON Guest Editor: CHRISTINE MATZKE Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting ResearchFellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jul 2016).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781847011312
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782046370/type/BOOK
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