New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres

By John Conteh-Morgan and Conteh-Morgan John Thomas Dominic

Book Overview

John Conteh-Morgan explores the multiple ways in which African and Caribbean theatres have combined aesthetic, ceremonial, experimental, and avant-garde practices in order to achieve sharp critiques of the nationalist and postnationalist state and to elucidate the concerns of the francophone world. More recent changes have introduced a transnational dimension, replacing concerns with national and ethnic solidarity in favor of irony and self-reflexivity. New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres places these theatres at the heart of contemporary debates on global cultural and political practices and offers a more finely tuned understanding of performance in diverse diasporic networks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253355133
• ISBN13: 9780253355133
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher