Trends in twenty-first century African theatre and performance /

Trends in twenty-first century African theatre and performance / / edited by Kene Igweonu.

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Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance is a collection of regionally focused articles on African theatre and performance. The volume provides a broad exploration of the current state of African theatre and performance and considers the directions they are taking in the 21st C...

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Superior document:Themes in theatre
:
International Federation for Theatre Research. African Theatre and Performance Working Group.
TeilnehmendeR:
Igweonu, Kenechukwu, 1975-
International Federation for Theatre Research. African Theatre and Performance Working Group.
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Themes in theatre.
Physical Description:1 online resource (457 p.)
Notes:"IFTR / FIRT; African Theatre and Performance Working Group".
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • FOREWORD / Temple Hauptfleisch
  • STRIDING OUT: EMERGENT TRENDS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AFRICAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE / Kene Igweonu
  • THE DILEMMA OF THE AFRICAN BODY AS A SITE OF PERFORMANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF WESTERN TRAINING / Samuel Ravengai
  • INTERCULTURALISM REVISITED: IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN PERFORMANCE / Kene Igweonu
  • BEYOND THE MIRACLE: TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE AFTER 1994 / Johann Van Heerden
  • TRANSFORMATION AND THE DRAMA STUDIES CURRICULUM IN SOUTH AFRICA: A SURVEY OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES / Patrick Ebewo
  • THE TALL TALE OF TALL HORSE: THE ILLUSION (OR MANIFESTATION) OF AFRICAN CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL AESTHETICS IN HYBRID PERFORMANCES / Petrus Du Preez
  • FROM TRANCE DANCE TO PaR: THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES IN SOUTH AFRICA / Temple Hauptfleisch
  • THEATRE IN/FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TANZANIA: A NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE / Vicensia Shule
  • A VOICE IN THE TEETH OF POWER: POPULAR THEATRE UNDER THE CENSORSHIP RADAR IN ZIMBABWE (1998-2008) / Praise Zenenga
  • CITIZENS’ STORIES – OR THEATRE AS PERFORMING CITIZENSHIP IN ZIMBABWE / Vibeke Glørstad
  • TOWARDS A POLITICALLY EFFICACIOUS COMMUNITY-BASED THEATRE / Ola Johansson
  • DANCE MOVEMENT ANALYSIS AS PSYCHO-DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN MODERN NIGERIAN MEDICAL PRACTICE: AN INTRODUCTION / Gladys Ijeoma Akunna
  • TREADING SUBTLY ON VOLATILE GROUND: AHMED YERIMA’S HARD GROUND AND THE DRAMATIZATION OF THE NIGER DELTA CRISIS IN NIGERIA / Osita Ezenwanebe
  • DRAMA AS AN ANALYTICAL TOOL OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: AHMED YERIMA’S HARD GROUND AND THE POLITICS OF THE NIGER DELTA / Adebisi Ademakinwa
  • THEATRE-ON-DEMAND: STELLA OYEDEPO – THEATRICAL MEGASTAR OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY / Ngozi Udengwu
  • ABIBIGORO: MOHAMED BEN ABDALLAH’S SEARCH FOR AN AFRICAN AESTHETIC IN THE THEATRE / Awo Mana Asiedu
  • AFRICAN DANCE IN DIASPORA: THE EXAMPLES OF NIGERIAN YORUBA BÀTÁ AND DÙNDÚN / Jeleel O. Ojuade
  • CELEBRATION AS AESTHETIC DEVICE IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN DANCE PRODUCTIONS: HUBERT OGUNDE’S DESTINY AS EXAMPLE / Chris Ugolo
  • ‘PIECING TOGETHER A GIRLHOOD’: USING THE ‘GIRLFRIEND AESTHETIC’ AS A PRACTICAL METHODOLOGY IN THE MAKING AN PERFORMANCE OF KATUNTU (…AND YOU TOO) / Alude Mahali
  • ABSTRACTS / Samuel Ravengai
  • A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN THEATRE (1990-2011) / Kene Igweonu
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS.

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