Recasting Transnationalism Through Performance [electronic resource] : Theatre Festivals in Cape Verde, Mozambique and Brazil /
McMahon, C.author.
A rigorous ethnography of three international theatre festivals spanning the Portuguese-speaking world, this book examines the potential for African theatre artists to generate meaningful cultural and postcolonial dialogues in festival venues despite the challenges posed by a global arts market.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction - Global Casting Calls: Performing (Trans)National Identity on Festival Circuits; 2 Mapping Festivals: Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Brazil in the Lusophone World; 3 Recasting the Colonial Past: History, Imagination, and Fantasy on Festival Stages; 4 African Women on Festival Circuits: Recasting Labor Roles and Female Sexuality; 5 Adaptation and the (Trans)Nation: Creolized Shakespeare, Intercultural Cervantes; 6 Toward a Conclusion: Forum Theatre in Festival Venues; Notes; References
Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A rigorous ethnography of three international theatre festivals spanning the Portuguese-speaking world, this book examines the potential for African theatre artists to generate meaningful cultural and postcolonial dialogues in festival venues despite the challenges posed by a global arts market.
Performing arts.
Economic development.
Ethnology—Africa.
Arts.
Theater.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Performing Arts.
Development Studies.
African Culture.
Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Latin American Culture.