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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253222265
• ISBN13: 9780253222268
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"