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Decolonizing the Stage is a major study devoted to post-colonial drama and theatre. It examines the way dramatists and directors from various countries and societies have attempted to fuse the performance idioms of their indigenous traditions with the Western dramatic form. These experiments are termed 'syncretic theatre'. The study provides a theoretically sophisticated, cross-cultural comparative approach to a wide number of writers, regions, and theatre movements, ranging from Maori, Aboriginal, and native American theatre to Township theatre in South Africa. Writers studied include Nobel Prize-winning authors such as Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and Rabindranath Tagore, along with others such as Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Jack Davis, Girish Karnad, and Tomson Highway. Decolonizing the Stage demonstrates how the dynamics of syncretic theatrical texts function in performance. It combines cultural semiotics with performance analysis to provide an important contribution to the growing field of post-colonial drama and intercultural performance.
Drama --- Theater --- Decolonization in literature --- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) --- Théâtre --- Décolonisation dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Developing countries --- Histoire et critique --- Pays en développement --- Literature and society --- Postcolonialism in literature --- History and criticism --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Developing countries. --- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) --- Théâtre --- Décolonisation dans la littérature --- Pays en développement --- Drama - History and criticism --- Theater - Developing countries --- Literature and society - Developing countries --- DRAMA --- THEATRE --- TAGORE (RABINDRANATH) --- DAVIS (JACK) --- KARNAD (GIRISH) --- HIGHWAY (TOMSON) --- NGUGI WA THIONG'O, 1938 --- -SOYINKA (WOLE), 1934 --- -WALCOTT (DEREK), 1930 --- -HISTORY AND CRITICISM --- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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In this book Brian Crow and Chris Banfield provide an introduction to post-colonial theatre by concentrating on the work of major dramatists from the Third World and subordinated cultures in the first world. Crow and Banfield consider the plays of such writers as Wole Soyinka and Athol Fugard and his collaborators from Africa; Derek Walcott from the West Indies; August Wilson and Jack Davis, who write from and about the experience of Black communities in the USA and Australia respectively; and Badal Sircar and Girish Karnad from India. Although these dramatists reflect diverse cultures and histories, they share the common condition of cultural subjection or oppression, which has shaped their theatres. Each chapter contains an informative list of primary source material and further reading about the dramatists. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre and cultural history.
Sociology of literature --- English literature --- Drama --- Empires --- Imperia --- Imperialism --- Imperialisme --- Impérialisme --- Onderdrukking (Psychologie) --- Oppression (Psychologie) --- Oppression (Psychology) --- Verdrukking (Psychologie) --- Literature and society --- Imperialism. --- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) --- Littérature et société --- Oppression --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Oppression (Psychology). --- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) --- Littérature et société --- Impérialisme --- History and criticism --- Developing countries --- Literature and society - Developing countries. --- Walcott, Derek --- Criminal psychology --- Personality --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Colonialism --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- Criticism --- Social aspects --- Aboriginal literature --- Australian literature --- Caribbean literature --- Davis (jack) --- Fugard (athol) --- Karnad (girish) --- Post-colonial theatre --- Sircar (badal) --- Soyinka (wole), 1934 --- -Wilson (august)
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