Persons of courage and renown : Tuareg actors, acting, plays, and cultural memory in northern Mali / Susan Rasmussen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rasmussen, Susan J., 1949- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuaregs--Mali--Social life and customs.

Tuaregs.

Tuaregs--Mali--Drama--History and criticism.

Theater--Mali--History.

Theater.

Collective memory in literature.

History.

Manners and customs.

Mali.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: Malian Tuareg (Kel Tamajaq) theatrical performance: creativity in crisis, vulnerability, and resilience

The actors, verbal arts, and performance

General background on the Tuareg, the Kel Adagh, and the town and region of Kidal

Situating acting and creativity in culture, place, and memory

The poetics and politics of aesthetic style and genre and the ibaraden actors

Acting and cultural translation: actors and audiences as interpreters and mediators in reformulating "traditional" and "modern"

The plays: popular plot themes and their wider social contexts

Rural-urban and nomadic-sedentarized encounters

Disputed gender, relations between the sexes, and embodied performance

Youths and elders: resistance and healing in intergenerational ambivalence

Religious reflections and social dissonance

Conclusions: nostalgic yearning and cultural critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 14, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Rasmussen, Susan J., 1949- Persons of courage and renown.

ISBN:

9781498582582

1498582583

Publisher Number:

99983253778

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.