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Culture and identity in African and Caribbean theatre / Osita Okagbue.

Van Pelt Library PN2969 .O336 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Okagbue, Osy A.
Contributor:
Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.
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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