New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
| Author/creator | Conteh-Morgan, John |
| Other author | Thomas, Dominic Richard David. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, |
| Description | xviii, 208 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | African expressive cultures African expressive cultures. ^A560153 |
| Contents | Introduction : instrumentalizing performance and the Francophone postcolonial performative -- Cultural trauma and ritual re-membering : Werewere Liking's Les mains veulent dire -- The dramatist as epic performer : Eugène Dervain's Saran, ou la reine scélérate -- The power and the pleasures of dramatized narrative : Bernard Zadi Zaourou's La guerre des femmes -- Theatre as writing and voice : Patrick Chamoiseau's Manman dlo contre la fée carabosse -- Tradition instrumentalized : Elie Stephenson's O mayouri -- 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 -- From the grotesque to the fantastic : Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mangé Madame d'Avoine Bergotha? -- 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010000638 |
| ISBN | 9780253355133 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0253355133 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780253222268 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0253222265 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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