Awam Amkpa

Theatre and Postcolonial Desires

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415435444
• ISBN-10: 0415435447
• Artikelnr.: 69892917

Autorenporträt

Awam Ampka is currently Associate Professor of Drama at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He trained in Nigeria under Wole Soyinka and completed a PhD in Drama at the University of Bristol. He is the author of critical essays, plays (Not in my Season of Songs; Ajasco), director of film documentaries (Winds Against Our Souls; It's All About Downtown; National Images/Transnational Desires) and the feature film Wazabia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Colonial Modernity, Postcolonial Desires and a Cultural
Practice Nigeria 1. Wole Soyinka: Theatre, Mythology and Political Activism
2. Femi Osofisan: Theatre, Nation and the Revolutionary Ideal 3. Tess
Onwueme: Theatre, Gender and Power 4. Yoruba Travelling Theatres: Popular
Theatre and Searches for Postcolonial Subjectivity 5. Theatre, Democracy
and Community Development: Ahmadu Bello University and the Nigerian Popular
Theatre Alliance England 6. John Arden: Dramatizing the Colonial Nation 7.
David Edgar: Theatre and Decolonizing Identities 8. Caryl Churchill:
Decolonizing Gender and Class 9. Monstrosities, Deviants and Darkies:
Monstrous Regiment, Gay Sweatshop and Black Theatres in England Conclusion
Notes