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Scars of conquest/masks of resistance : the invention of cultural identities in African, African-American, and Caribbean drama / Tejumola Olaniyan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olaniyan, Tejumola, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American drama.
- African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
- Baraka, Amiri.
- Caribbean Area--In literature.
- Caribbean Area.
- Africa--In literature.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [1995]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining in detail the dramas of Baraka, Soyinka, Walcott and Shange, this study describes how these black writers are preoccupied with the invention of a postimperial cultural identity. It charts the foundations of an important aesthetic form, the drama of the African diaspora.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612384257
- 1-4237-3572-2
- 1-280-44986-1
- 9786610449866
- 1-282-38425-2
- 0-19-509405-0
- 1-60256-027-7
- 0-19-535750-7
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