African Theatre 8: Diasporas

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

This volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba, and also includes the playscript Messing with the Mind by Egyptian writer and director Khaled El-Sawy.Diasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a multitude of groups and communities with widely differing histories, identities and current locations. This book brings together essays on theatre by people of Africandescent in North America, Cuba, Italy, the UK, Israel and Tasmania. Several chapters present overviews of particular national contexts, others offer insights into play texts or specific performances. Offering a mix of academic andpractitioner's points of views, Volume 8 in the African Theatre series analyses and celebrates various aspects of African diasporic theatre worldwide.Guest Editors: CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin; and OSITA OKAGBUE, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London. Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies,University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds;Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-11-19
Mått:138 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:344 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:African Theatre
Antal sidor:190
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9781847015013

Utforska kategorier

Teater inom Kultur
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. OSITA OKAGBUE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London. CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin. Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.

Recensioner i media

As a contribution to the field of diaspora studies or to the respective diasporas represented, this book is substantial and toothsome.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Christine Matzke and Osita OkagbuePerforming Black Canadas: The Trans-American Imaginary of Black Canadian Theatre - Maureen MoynaghThe Theory of Ase: The Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the North American Diaspora - August Wilson, Ntozake Shange & Djanet Sears - Esiaba IrobiAfrican Presence in Cuban Theatre - Cariad AstlesMarginality, Sacrifice & Transgression: Mothers & Rebellious Women in Two Plays by Cuba's Eugenio Hernández Espinosa - Conrad JamesInterculture on Stage: Afro-Italian Theatre - Sabrina BrancatoBlack British Theatre in London 1972-1989: A Brief Overview - Yvonne BrewsterTalking about Something Dark: An Interview with Lemn Sissay - Jane PlastowJews, Blood & Ethiopian Dance in Israel: Critical Race Theory & the Postcolonial - Rob BaumNature in Migration & the 'Natural Migrant': Performing African Settlement in Tasmanian Community Arts - Mary Elizabeth AndersonTranslator's Introduction to Khaled El-Sawy's Messing with the Mind - Mona KhedrPlayscript: Messing with the Mind - Khaled El-SawyBook Reviews