West African Popular Theatre

" . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " -Research in African Literatures

"Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." -Leeds African Studies Bulletin

"A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " -Margaret Drewal

"A fine book. The play texts are treasures." -Richard Bauman

African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Karin Barber, John Collins, Alain Ricard
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.06.1997
• EAN: 9780253210777
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21077-7
• Seiten: 310
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Gewicht: 438 g
• Serie: Indiana University Press
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges