New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres / John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.

SeriesAfrican 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
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LCCN 2010000638
ISBN9780253355133 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253355133 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253222268 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0253222265 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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