WILLIAM OVER is Associate Professor of English and Speech at St. John's University, New York. He is the author of Human Rights in the International Public Sphere (Ablex, 1999), which won the Best Book Award 999 from the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association.

• Preface Introduction: Locating Social Justice Drama The Drama of Nationhood "Ministering to History": The Formation of Nigerian Drama Tess Akaeke Onwueme: Rewriting History Cuba and Brazil: The Intellectuals and the Populace Social Justice in Iran: Distance and Intimacy The Drama of Movement Drama of Immigration: The Cinema of Invisibility Points of Convergence: Sojourns within the Homeland The Drama of Identity within the First World Native American Cinema and Drama: Valuing Identity Fabulous Theatre and Epic Theatre: The Political Cast Anew African American Theatre: Racial Identity and Cooperative Pluralism Conclusion: Common Places for World Drama References Author Index Subject Index

WILLIAM OVER is Associate Professor of English and Speech at St. John's University, New York. He is the author of Human Rights in the International Public Sphere (Ablex, 1999), which won the Best Book Award 999 from the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association.

• Preface Introduction: Locating Social Justice Drama The Drama of Nationhood "Ministering to History": The Formation of Nigerian Drama Tess Akaeke Onwueme: Rewriting History Cuba and Brazil: The Intellectuals and the Populace Social Justice in Iran: Distance and Intimacy The Drama of Movement Drama of Immigration: The Cinema of Invisibility Points of Convergence: Sojourns within the Homeland The Drama of Identity within the First World Native American Cinema and Drama: Valuing Identity Fabulous Theatre and Epic Theatre: The Political Cast Anew African American Theatre: Racial Identity and Cooperative Pluralism Conclusion: Common Places for World Drama References Author Index Subject Index