'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 African descent 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 and practitioner'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 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
Details
First Published: 19 Nov 2009
13 Digit ISBN: 9781847015013
Pages: 190
Size: 21.6 x 13.8
Binding: Paperback
Imprint: James Currey
Series:
African TheatreSubject:
African StudiesBIC Class: GTB
Details updated on 07 Feb 2012
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Performing Black Canadas: The Trans-American Imaginary of Black Canadian Theatre
- 3 The Theory of Ase: The Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the North American Diaspora - August Wilson, Ntozake Shange & Djanet Sears
- 4 African Presence in Cuban Theatre
- 5 Marginality, Sacrifice & Transgression: Mothers & Rebellious Women in Two Plays by Cuba's Eugenio Hernández Espinosa
- 6 Interculture on Stage: Afro-Italian Theatre
- 7 Black British Theatre in London 1972-1989: A Brief Overview
- 8 Talking about Something Dark: An Interview with Lemn Sissay
- 9 Jews, Blood & Ethiopian Dance in Israel: Critical Race Theory & the Postcolonial
- 10 Nature in Migration & the 'Natural Migrant': Performing African Settlement in Tasmanian Community Arts
- 11 Translator's Introduction to Khaled El-Sawy's Messing with the Mind
- 12 Playscript: Messing with the Mind
- 13 Book Reviews
