Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics - Rilegato

Gilbert, Helen; Tompkins, Joanne

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ISBN 10: 0415090237 ISBN 13: 9780415090230

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1996

Riassunto

Post-Colonial Drama is the first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. It brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies to a range of plays from Australia, Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the Caribbean and other former colonial regions. Some of the major topics discussed in Post-Colonial Drama include:
* the interactions of post-colonial and performance theories
* the post-colonial re-stagings of language and history
* the specific enactments of ritual and carnival
* the theatrical citations of the post-colonial body
Post-Colonial Drama combines a rich intersection of theoretical approaches with close attention to a wide range of performance texts.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Helen Gilbert lectures in English at the University of Queensland. Joanne Tompkins lectures in Theatre and Drama at La Trobe University

Contenuti:

Introduction: Re-acting (to) Empire 1. Re-citing the Classics: Canonical Counter-Discourse 2. Traditional Enactments: Ritual and Carnival 3. Post-colonialist History 4. The Languages of Resistance 5. Body Politics 6. Neo-Imperialisms

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415090237
• ISBN 13: 9780415090230
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 360