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Title Performative inter-actions in African theatre. 3 : making space, rethinking drama and theatre in Africa / edited by Kene Igweonu and Osita Okagbue
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 179 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction Performative inter-actions in African theatre / Kene Igweonu and Osita Okagbue -- ch. One In search of new performance spaces : theatre practitioners and FM radio stations in Kenya / Christopher Joseph Odhiambo -- ch. Two Re-contextualising Space use in indigenous African communal performance / Victor Ukaegbu -- ch. Three Dreams deferred : national theatres and national development in Africa / Osita Okagbue -- ch. Four African theatre and the quest for audience / Patrick Ebewo and Ofonime Inyang -- ch. Five Collusion or organised chaos? : A self-reflexive journey to chart the experiential explorations in the South African devising process / Janine Lewis -- ch. Six Black female directors in South African theatre / Karabelo Lekalake -- ch. Seven Portrayal of women in the writings of new generation Niger Delta dramatists / Christine Odi -- ch. Eight The semiotics of church theatre : community, tradition, and innovation / Gowon Ama Doki -- ch. Nine In search of hidden theatre / Johan Esterhuizen -- ch. Ten Zef/Poor white kitsch chique : South African comedies of degradation / Anton Krueger
Summary This book is part of a three-volume book-set published under the general title of Performative Inter-Actions in African Theatre. Each of the three books in the set has a unique subtitle that works to better focus its content, and differentiates it from the other two volumes. The contributors' backgrounds and global spread adequately reflect the international focus of the three books that make up the collection. The contributions, in their various ways, demonstrate the many advances and ingenious solutions adopted by African theatre practitioners in tackling some of the challenges arising from the adverse colonial experience, as well as the "one-sided" advance of globalisation. The contributions attest to the thriving nature of African theatre and performance, which in the face of these challenges, has managed to retain its distinctiveness, while at the same time acknowledging, contesting, and appropriating influences from elsewhere into an aesthetic that is identifiably African. Consequently, the three books are presented as a comprehensive exploration of the current state of African theatre and performance, both on the continent and diaspora. Performative Inter-Actions in African Theatre 3: Making Space, Rethinking Drama and Theatre in Africa offers essays that seek to re-conceptualise notions of drama and theatre in Africa, and therefore redefine our understanding of the practice, role, and place they occupy in a constantly evolving African socio-cultural contexts. Contributions in Making Space, Rethinking Drama and Theatre in Africa range from essays that explore notions of space in performance, to those that challenge the perceived orthodoxy of conventional forms and approaches to theatre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Theater -- Africa
Performing arts -- Africa
Black theater.
African diaspora in literature.
Intercultural communication in literature.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
African diaspora in literature
Black theater
Intercultural communication in literature
Performing arts
Theater
Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Igweonu, Kenechukwu, 1975- editor.
Okagbue, Osy A., editor.
ISBN 9781443855105
1443855103