The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia [electronic resource] : Performance Traditions of the Maghreb /
Amine, Khalid.author.
Carlson, Marvin.author.
Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Pre-Colonial Maghreb; 1 The Roman Maghreb; 2 Orature; 3 The Halqa; 4 Shadow Plays and Costumed Performers; 5 Carnival and Ritual Performance; Part II: Colonial Theatre in the Maghreb; 6 Nineteenth-Century European Theatres; 7 The First Arab Performances; 8 The Developing Maghreb Stage; 9 The Theatre of Resistance; 10 Islam and the Colonial Stage; 11 From World War II to Independence; Part III Post-Colonial Theatre in the Maghreb; 12 The Early Theatres of Independence, 1956-1970
13 Developing National Traditions, 1970-199014 Entering a New Century, 1990-2010; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses.
Theater.
Theater—History.
Performing arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Theatre History.
Performing Arts.