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Culture and identity in African and Caribbean theatre / Osita Okagbue.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Okagbue, Osy A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Africa.
- Theater.
- Africa.
- Theater--Caribbean Area.
- Africa--Drama--History and criticism.
- Caribbean Area--Drama--History and criticism.
- Caribbean Area.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Adonis & Abbey, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Slavery, colonialism and African and Caribbean experience
- Mending a damaged psyche
- Theatre and affirmation of historical and cultural identities
- Race, class and social inequality in African and African-Caribbean plays
- A home of their own : marganlisation and the longing for Utopia
- Form and content in African and African-Caribbean theatre
- Indigenisation, domestication and postcolonial subjectivity
- Language and identity in African and African-Caribbean theatre
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-266) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1905068603
- 9781905068609
- OCLC:
- 444603884
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